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What meaningless games do you play on your phone?

We were relatively late in getting cell phones and I was even later to get a smart phone, doing so only in not so distant past. Being my father's son I was reluctant to give in to the distracting side of such an important device (wife and son had no such qualms and jumped in from the start), but once my lot became dedicated to "deliver and wait" I succumbed to the allure of the ready distraction of mindless cell phone games. I know, I know, I should put down the phone and pick up a book. I do when I have a good one. I tend to go in cycles.

Here are some games that I've partaken of:

Flow - I made it though 99% of the free levels (I'll pick at the gimmicky levels if I'm desperate) and do the daily free puzzles and occasionally the non-gimmicky weekly puzzles.

Wordscapes - I play this more often though not obsessively. Can be very difficult, with a seemingly odd vocabulary (apparently it is British in origin?).

Traffic Eascape - I only play this occasionally. mindless and not at all difficult

Bazooka Boy - This was great fun for a while. Sometimes challenging but fun. Something happened and I got reset so lost my progress and haven't been back in over a year.
 
I do several, plus there are some on LinkedIn that do on my desktop at work!! I'm a big fan of Wordle and Sudoku games. I'm just starting to enjoy a "remove the screw" game. I also enjoy Wordscapes.
 

EclipseRedRing

I smell like a Christmas pudding
I play Mahjong Club while waiting in the car to collect my wife from her work, I kid myself it is good for my mental acuity, and maybe it is. It passes the time OK but I wish I could find something more useful to do. When I think of the total time I must have spent playing it I could have surely have done something more productive. Maybe I should read a book instead - or spend more time on Badger and Blade 😅
 
I play Wordle with frustration most mornings while getting my coffee in me. Fantasy football when the season is in...does that count? I haven't found one that keeps my attention for more than a week but I'm always on the hunt.
 
I kicked the habit. Now if I can just stop reading about the Premier League...

I'll have more time for chores?
 
Ads are always the aggravation. Sometimes I'll let them go, though sometimes the seem like an endless loop that isn't intuitive to get out of. More often I'll just bail out and reload the game, which is often faster than sitting through the ads.
 
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I have played this version for years. I play against the computer and adjust the speed for the fast mode..
 
With my iPhone 5 (c or something) it was Sudoku, Into The Dead, and Angry Birds. When Verizon discontinued 3G access, my wife insisted I get a 13 mini (?), which I don't use. I hate cell phones, so it stays in my nightstand drawer on airplane mode (or off). I can still use my old 5 as an alarm clock.

A TIP for for those who use their phone as an alarm clock and have trouble waking up. Download the theme for Into The Dead and use it as your alarm. It starts off low for 35 seconds, than blasts you out of bed. It's not long before the first couple of notes wake you up to hit snooze or get up before the loud crashing starts.
 

Whisky

ATF. I use all three.
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Subway surfer. Reminds a lot of the games we used to play in the 80s.
 
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