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Re:Professors create free research-backed games to train you... by kranner on Friday January 17, 2020 @06:04AM (#22073655)
Game 3 (All you can E.T.) which I just installed is 267.7MB on iOS, for what looks and plays like a flash game. The Android version is 39MB, so they should probably compress their textures or something in the iOS build.

Looks like it was built with minimal playtesting. Took me a couple tries to figure out how to play, for which I had to read the article.

On initial launch the game asks if the user is OK with their data being collected for research, but the 'No thanks' button/label is too tiny and too close to the large 'YES' button. I had meant to choose 'No thanks' but I think I clicked 'YES.

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Re:Professors create free research-backed games to train you... by AlchemistCamp on Friday January 17, 2020 @08:28AM (#22074404)
> "On initial launch the game asks if the user is OK with their data being collected for research, but the 'No thanks' button/label is too tiny and too close to the large 'YES' button. I had meant to choose 'No thanks' but I think I clicked 'YES."

Perhaps with more traning, your brain will be better at helping you avoid aggressive 'YES' buttons :)

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Re:Professors create free research-backed games to train you... by russler23 on Friday January 17, 2020 @09:18AM (#22074762)
That sounds plausible, but a little speculative. Perhaps a follow-up study is in order?
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Re:Professors create free research-backed games to train you... by ourmandave on Friday January 17, 2020 @01:33PM (#22077629)
...aggressive 'YES' buttons

The opposite of rage quitting.

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