• TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I spent an entire summer playing Atari. An entire month beating Pac-Man. I leave my kids alone.

    • RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      A big difference between then and now is the portable nature and ubiquity of the devices.

      Back then you didn’t take your NES to bed and keep playing it, or play Sega on the toilet, or Atari at the dinner table.

      The devices are in every space of our lives now.

    • variants@possumpat.io
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      11 months ago

      I think its a bit different with the internet on all devices now, games and tv and stuff like that is fine after the age of 3 or so but those micro-transaction addictive games and social media is something else you have to keep an eye on