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The unstoppable rise of mobile gaming
If you watched the Super Bowl this year, you inadvertently witnessed video game history being made. First, supermodel Kate Upton took an ethereal stroll across a battlefield to plug Game of War. Then, Liam Neeson delivered a threatening monologue to an opponent in Clash of Clans. Neither game appears on PlayStation, Xbox, or PC—and that’s exactly what made the commercials so noteworthy. Game of War and Clash of Clans are mobile games designed for smartphones and tablets.
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I just hope we get over the fad of letting companies walk all over us consumers with pay to play and pay to win aspects of mobile gaming. Even as someone who prefers Android, I am very pleased to see Apple promote "Pay Once and Play" on their app store and I hope Google follows suit. Nothing ruins the mood of a game like the lingering thought in the back of my head "when am I going to have to stop playing because of a forced paywall break."