{"id":4397,"date":"2022-01-18T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T13:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/18\/why-the-pure-uncomplicated-wordle-is-what-viral-games-are-all-about\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:36:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T13:36:38","slug":"why-the-pure-uncomplicated-wordle-is-what-viral-games-are-all-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/18\/why-the-pure-uncomplicated-wordle-is-what-viral-games-are-all-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the pure, uncomplicated Wordle is what viral games are all about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: when every game<em> <\/em>tries to collect our data and monetise our attention, it\u2019s no wonder the world responded positively to one that\u2019s simple, fun and free<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/nov\/24\/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming\">Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian\u2019s gaming newsletter. If you\u2019d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below \u2013 and check your inbox (and spam) for the confirmation email.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I was writing last week\u2019s newsletter, I felt like I could still legitimately recommend Wordle as game of the week, because plenty of people still hadn\u2019t heard of it. At the time it had 300,000 players. Now, though, it has millions, and has become ubiquitous; the most viral game since \u2026 Pok\u00e9mon Go?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/jan\/18\/pushing-buttons-wordle\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f62a93e0ec3dfeb0a984eccdc4e999a309a9eb4b\/0_133_4000_2400\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c22c4784b647e61f3fe761db34d3e793\" title=\"Why the pure, uncomplicated Wordle is what viral games are all about\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: when every game tries to collect our data and monetise our attention, it\u2019s no wonder the world responded positively to one that\u2019s simple, fun and free<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nWelcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian\u2019s gaming newsletter. If you\u2019d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below \u2013 and check your inbox (and spam) for the confirmation email.<br \/>\nWhen I was writing last week\u2019s newsletter, I felt like I could still legitimately recommend Wordle as game of the week, because plenty of people still hadn\u2019t heard of it. At the time it had 300,000 players. Now, though, it has millions, and has become ubiquitous; the most viral game since \u2026 Pok\u00e9mon Go? Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: when every game tries to collect our data and monetise our attention, it\u2019s no wonder the world responded positively to one that\u2019s simple, fun and free Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian\u2019s gaming newsletter. If you\u2019d like to receive it &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/18\/why-the-pure-uncomplicated-wordle-is-what-viral-games-are-all-about\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why the pure, uncomplicated Wordle is what viral games are all about<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}