Look, I’m just going to admit straight away, hands up, I surrender, that I have compulsive tendencies. Thanks, anxiety. You’re swell. I might tell myself the iron is turned off 99 times, but I won’t believe it until that 100th go. And only then that’s because I went and checked the damn thing. So how do games fit in this mix? Can’t really say, although there is also a healthy amount of inner competitiveness that I’ve learned to channel into these things. And something can be said for the ability of the iPad to be used as a learning tool; if one loses, it’s less tempting to flip that across the room than a board game. The mess factor is reduced, avoiding scattered pieces and money thanks to cyclonic rage.
(I am an adult, I swear.)
Anyway, just as I was weaning myself off Jurassic Park Builder (“Let’s see how my babies are doing today. MAH SWEET BAY-BIES!!! You’re getting hungry? That animated Jeff Goldblum giving anyone some lip?”), after coming home from being away last week I discovered a new game had been installed on the iPads.
Candy Crush.
Oh dear.
So I played for a little while. And a bit longer. Long enough, in fact, that in a fit of impatience with myself I deleted it – thus reducing my son to tears, as I had undid all the “hard work” he had put into completing levels. That did make me feel a bit icky and guilty, so I re-installed it – TO DO ALL THE LEVELS AGAIN WITH COMPLETE MASTERY. Apparently I spent a bit too long on it as the kids fled to Adam, asking him to put a password on it to keep me and my hoggy hands away. Which is what he did, thus prompting this tweet last night:
iPads in this house now have passwords I don’t know to keep me away from Candy Crush. Without a doubt, this is the saddest tweet ever.
— Karen Andrews (@Miscmum) October 10, 2013
I’m part shamed, part relieved. Mostly relieved. Life can resume! Smell that air! See the spring loveliness! Hey, kids. When did you grow? Huh. Wow, that was absorbing.
Message to friends: ALL THE FACEBOOK INVITES FOR ME TO PLAY GAMES? THIS IS WHY I IGNORE THEM.
*hangs head*
Are you a Candy Crush addict?!
