I’ll never play this apparently addictive game!
The post, on Mastodon:
I realize the image of the game is rather small, but all you need to know is:
- The author admits he is “annoyingly quite hooked” on it.
- The author, other than providing a generic-looking screenshot that suggests it’s a phone app, does not in any way name or hint at what the game actually is.
- There is no way, short of investigating the screenshot via reverse image search or something, or directly asking the author in reply, to risk getting annoyingly quite hooked on this game, because there’s no way to determine what game it actually is.
All of which to say this is one of my social media pet peeves, though to be fair, the same would apply in a non-social media setting, such as an online forum. And that pet peeve is talking about something neat/shiny/addictive/whatever, but without providing any context, so people don’t know what you’re actually talking about. I mean, sure, if you’re going to post a shot from the latest Mario game, with Mario in it and doing Mario things, people will probably be able to suss out what game it is, but something like the above? I can’t decide if people are being lazy, forgetful, or think everyone else just plays or enjoys the exact same things they do.
But, you know, it’s not like having my hair on fire (if such a thing were possible, given what currently remains), so it’s a minor complaint in the overall scheme of things.
