{"id":24614,"date":"2026-08-28T09:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/help-i-have-disappeared-down-a-rabbithole-of-horrible-mobile-gaming-adverts-dominik-diamond\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T09:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:37:26","slug":"help-i-have-disappeared-down-a-rabbithole-of-horrible-mobile-gaming-adverts-dominik-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/help-i-have-disappeared-down-a-rabbithole-of-horrible-mobile-gaming-adverts-dominik-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"Help! I have disappeared down a rabbithole of horrible mobile gaming adverts | Dominik Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Led by the nose from game to terrible game by increasingly disturbing and terrible adverts, I feel like I\u2019m in the cinema scene from A Clockwork Orange<\/p>\n

We\u2019re all escaping something when we play video games. Mostly it\u2019s the drabness of real life, where we don\u2019t get to command kingdoms using armies of dragons, win Champions League trophies with our local team, or inhabit the body of an improbably speedy hedgehog.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I play them because I want to escape from the version of me that gets paralysed by depression, and boy has the black dog been sniffing at my bits recently, because the Atlantic Ocean is separating me from my wife for a few months. For 30 years she has been the light that banishes that darkness, and I am honestly lost without her. If that sounds pathetic, you haven\u2019t met her. She leaves everybody she meets feeling better. It\u2019s a superpower that warrants a call from the X-Men.<\/p>\n

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\nLed by the nose from game to terrible game by increasingly disturbing and terrible adverts, I feel like I\u2019m in the cinema scene from A Clockwork Orange
\nWe\u2019re all escaping something when we play video games. Mostly it\u2019s the drabness of real life, where we don\u2019t get to command kingdoms using armies of dragons, win Champions League trophies with our local team, or inhabit the body of an improbably speedy hedgehog.
\nSometimes I play them because I want to escape from the version of me that gets paralysed by depression, and boy has the black dog been sniffing at my bits recently, because the Atlantic Ocean is separating me from my wife for a few months. For 30 years she has been the light that banishes that darkness, and I am honestly lost without her. If that sounds pathetic, you haven\u2019t met her. She leaves everybody she meets feeling better. It\u2019s a superpower that warrants a call from the X-Men. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Led by the nose from game to terrible game by increasingly disturbing and terrible adverts, I feel like I\u2019m in the cinema scene from A Clockwork Orange We\u2019re all escaping something when we play video games. Mostly it\u2019s the drabness of real life, where we don\u2019t get to command kingdoms using armies of dragons, win …<\/p>\n

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