Generation "Swipe Next": What Mobile Games Are Doing to Our Children's Brains
In Dota, I reached the level of a titan and played with world champions. In 2023, my daughters dragged me into Brawl Stars—a vibrant mobile game with cartoonish characters. I thought it was unserious. Two years later, I have a legendary league, 60,000 trophies, and troubling observations about an entire generation. Kids give up after the first lost round.