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Then there's the slamming of mobile game developers "People who do exist are the hacks who are responsible for the 99 cent garbage you see flooding the iPhone and Android app stores."

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Mobile games are garbage. They, at best, are pay-for flash games, and at worst, are a small fraction of a game designed to push you into paying money to unlock features which are a near unfeasible grind to unlock normally (if it's even possible).

The only way they shine is Draw Something/Words With Friends-style turn-based multiplayer, and even then they still suffer from the issues I noted above.

I have far more fun playing Pokemon on an emulator on my phone than I've had with any mobile game to date.

You may not enjoy them, but it's dismissive and incorrect to label the entire set as 'garbage'.

Offhand, here are some mobile games that I have played that are in no way garbage:

  * Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery
  * Waking Mars
  * Shadowgun
  * Infinity Blade/Infinity Blade II
  * Hero Academy
  * Magic 2013: Duel of the Planeswalkers
  * Aralon
  * Great Little War Game
  * Space Invaders Infinity Gene
  * Shadow Era

Pokemon is an amazing game and one of the most popular ever made, so saying you've had more fun with it than another game isn't saying much at all.

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