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> be me 2017, 16M
> several woman friends (they all friendzoned me unanimously, but I receive hugs)
> I love Clash Royale, but need something more relaxing and without emoji spamming whores
> evolution games are popular, but getting bored
> I browse the play store and find a niche evolution game that's not like the other dumb entries, called Alien Evolution (pic related)
> love.png
> I grind the fuck out of this shit
> The game has horrible ads spamming the top of the phone, and intrusive ads promoting other games from the publisher
> Intrusive microtransactions all over the place
> I have to eat ads like russians eat bullets, in exchange the game gives me more humans to feed my beast and nuclear waste
> The apk crashes constantly and, every 1 to 2 minutes, I have to let my mobile rest, otherwise it burns so much that I cannot touch it
> The apk won't even open sometimes.jpeg
> Yet this was the best game I've ever played, period.

> Be me, 2024
> 0 friends
> I love Clash Royale, but Supercell deleted my account because it was not linked to the stupid supercell acc and I had a smurf linked to my mail (or some dumb shit)
> Speedruns are popular, but I have tendiditis on my thumb from grinding + burnt
> I recall my beloved Alien Evolution
> I decide to download it and play again
> Go to Play Store. "Alien evolution" gives 0 results
> Go to google. "Alien evolution" gives 0 results
> Try to find the evolution game everywhere.
> I look for every evolution game that has existed. The blobfish, the jiraffe, the alpacca. No connection.
> I even look up the titan evolution game from the same developer... but no results show up.
> Nobody remembers playing it
> I've spent 6 hours without sleep, trying to find a screenshot saved to google photos. Just to prove that I was happy once
> success
> I look at my beatiful alien butterfly. I smile. The grind was worth it.

How can something so abnoxious, toxic and harmful, yet so simple, have made me so happy once upon a time?