Posted April 13, For decades, a special class of teen or young adult gamer would use specialized systems, to play complex multi-player, multi-level games that might last from a few hours to many days or even weeks.
Consumers who never would have put a quarter into an arcade or even set eyes on an Xbox were now carrying a sophisticated game console with them, all the time, in their pockets or their purses.
For decades I scrupulously avoided video games even when my four children delighted in playing them. I think that I once played Pong and perhaps Donkey Kong in a bar somewhere but that was under duress and the influence of a few beers.
I have never played a video game that resides on a console although I have watched, fascinated, as young children seem to understand intuitively what actions to take to make the next level or win the game. I have, however, always enjoyed card games and board games, particularly those that required thought or cunning to win the game. I consider myself a pretty good Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit player and delighted in winning nearly every Monopoly game with my children I used a unique strategy that I refuse to divulge as I plan to use it with my grandchildren!
My iPhones I have owned four of them have always come with a hefty game center in the App Store, which, as you might guess, I have avoided like the plague. Until someone pointed out Words With Friends! I shall mark that day on my calendar as the day that my lifeβand my brainβchanged. And I am pretty sure that it changed for the worse.
