Watching my girlfriend's kids fight over who gets to use the tablet makes me think that maybe giving kids mobile devices is a terrible idea.

Get desktop PCs and destroy each other in Command and Conquer like normal children.

@sean Hmm...is it the device, or the parenting that is the issue here?

Devices are addictive, but without them perhaps they would fight over something else...

@realcaseyrollins it's kind of just a perfect storm.

✅ Full-time Job Mom
✅ Pandemic
✅ No friends in area
✅ Can't really go anywhere

Devices are pretty much the only thing there is to do here, so I'm not unsympathetic. It's just hard to watch them fight over a device that's only capable of serving up shitty games designed to get people addicted.

@sean
Yeah... Older systems like a DS or PS2 or something would be better for a kid IMHO

@realcaseyrollins @sean ds is awesome, there's loads of productive games like brain training and art academy

@Ox @sean I kinda want a DS still, 80% of the reason being that all of my school friends (until my parents kicked me out of school, obviously) had one but I never was able to get one lol

But there were some cool games like Call of Duty and Scribblenauts on there, right? Plus some Mario games

@realcaseyrollins @sean man you should get one! if you get an original or lite you can play gba games too so you could get street fighter II turbo. lites are cheap now

there's cool games too, ds had so many games. like a fuckton of games
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@Ox
Oh wow! I didn't know it had that compatibility, I'll check it out for sure!
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