Cell phone games you love to play but hate to admit it…
These days you can’t walk down the street without seeing 9 out 10 people thumbing their cell phones. While most are probably texting or scrolling through emails, there’s a fair amount of folks that are indulging in their guilty pleasure – addictive mobile games. You can’t blame them. In fact, below is a list of 10 mobile games that we love to play, even if we’re ashamed to admit it.
1.Bejeweled. It’s an extremely addictive game in the vein Tetris meets Connect Four. The goal is to align three consecutive shapes to accumulate points and advance through the levels. Although it takes some major strategy to get very far, the fact that you’re a grown person playing with glimmering jewels is a bit shameful.
2.Farmville. The popular mySpace application turned mobile game is the perfect game for those with heavy doses of OCD. It’s a role-playing game that has you build your own virtual farm; buying and planting crops, keeping them watered, etc. The reason it’s so addicting is the fact that if you neglect your farm, it can go bad and apparently there is all kinds of shame in that.
3. Pacman. The invention of Pacman can be compared to the invention of the wheel – a most basic concept that blew the minds of mankind. To this day, Pacman is still one of the greatest games to be conceived; however, with all of the high tech graphic games that exist today, you might not want to admit that you’re obsessed with something so mundane.
4.Snake. As one of the very first mobile phone games in history, Snake has been pre-installed onto most cell phone models since 1997. One thing is for sure, the world of handheld-gaming has never been the same. Although it’s an adaptation of a revered classic, you’ll never want to admit how many times you have tried to beat your previous high score.
5.Tetris.Speaking of revered classics, you can’t talk about guilty pleasure video games without mentioning Tetris. Invented in the 80s and adapted onto every form of console since, this geometric game is a worldwide classic that will have you dreaming about shapes in your sleep – but denying every bit of it.
6.Angry Birds. Although it’s not an archaic classic like some of the games above, Angry Birds is currently the number one game in the iTunes app Store, and for good reason; people get hooked. There’s nothing special about it but people everywhere can’t put it down because it simply begs you to give it one more go.
7.Texas Hold Em. It’s no secret that poker is all the rage right now – especially Texas Hold Em – a game of chance that easily translates into a digital format. While most people might find the mobile version to be harmless, if you get too outwardly addicted to the game, we might have to hold an intervention for your virtual gambling problem.
8. Bubble Shooter. Reminicent of Bejeweled, the Bubble Shooter mobile game is equally as novel and equally as addictive. The objective is simple; pop all of the bubbles before they overflow. That said, it’s easy to see how someone might get addicted to this game but to speak frankly, it should never be talked about.
9.The Sims. When it comes to role-playing games like Farmville, we need to keep in mind that The Sims started it all. The difference, of course, is the fact that The Sims is an urban version where you build a home, pimp your pad, date, find a job and more. While it sounds innocent on the surface, the fact is that people get shamefully involved and start to blur the lines between reality and their Sims life. Though you might play the game religiously, never assume people want to hear about it.
10.Tower Bloxx. Last but not least is another addicting puzzle game that has you building towers in route to creating the largest city possible – all before it topples. Like many games before it, you’ll secretly obsess about the game; to the point where you’ll find yourself playing it in the closet to hide your addiction from your loved ones.