I feel like I haven’t heard anything from younger genz about games outside of ‘streamer screamer’ game of the week.

Is there anything really new and unique?

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    As a 30 y/o myself, it feels like they’re still playing those games from 4 years ago: Minecraft, Fortnite, Roblox, Brawlstars. But they watch much, MUCH more AI Slob

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      As a parent I can confirm this is true. Lots of AI slop. But probably even more weird, random, quick-fire meme shorts. Although those two categories are rapidly bleeding together into one massive clusterfuck.

      My oldest frequently says “gen alpha is so cooked!” due to all the meme and AI slop. Which considering he is gen alpha is both insightful and disturbing.

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      Attention span is so, so short now. Caught my kid playing Fortnite, then alt-tab to YouTube Shorts when they got killed. For like 10 seconds of downtime to respawn. Atrocious!

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        Imagine them being able to play cs and go a whole round after dying instantly to a one tap… kids definitely couldn’t handle it

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      Definitely way much more ai slob and brain rots