10 Popular Video Game Debates That Need To Die

6. Is Mobile Gaming Real Gaming?

From whether sports are real sports to whether games are real games, and as much as I want to get on a high horse and shout "it's in the damn name, NERD" then barrel off into the sunset like a listicle Lone Ranger, I have to dismount that high horse (his name's Trevor) and admit there actually is a discussion to be had here.

Mobile gaming is, broadly speaking, a market of cheap, addictive attention grabbers trying to swindle a few bucks out of you. That much is undeniable. You've seen your mum on Candy Crush. Hell, we've *all* seen your mum on Candy Crush.

Even games that aren't glorified apps, the likes of PUBG Mobile and Pokemon Go. They may be"free" technically but exist on a lifeblood of microtransactions that can make them as expensive as any game. More so, if you're not careful.

However, this is nothing new. Hell, cheap, addictive attention-grabbers that swindled kids out of their parents' coin were almost the entire gaming industry in the heyday of the arcade. Video games as a whole needed time to become accepted as more than just a con, is it too much to ask for some patience from its mobile counterpart?

Knowing gamers, almost certainly yes.