# Is "Games" really coming soon? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 30, 2015, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858 "2015-06-30T07:33:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/1 "2015-06-30T07:33:13Z")
You know… The link on the homepage. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/2 "2015-06-30T08:21:30Z")
Only if by “soon” you mean “is [currently available](http://games.straightdope.com/).” Though whoever made the actual button needs to actually make it match the font used on the other buttons instead of being a jaggy mess. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/3 "2015-06-30T14:31:34Z")
What am I missing? Is that a whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/4 "2015-06-30T14:55:24Z")
I see games… what browser are you using? I’m using Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/5 "2015-06-30T16:15:46Z")
On my Android phone, I clicked on BigT’s link and got a message that games were coming soon to my phone. So I guess platform matters. I’m using tapatalk, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/6 "2015-06-30T16:18:56Z")
You have to disable AdBlock to play. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/7 "2015-06-30T16:22:45Z")
And NoScript. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/8 "2015-06-30T22:28:08Z")
Games works for me on IE. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/9 "2015-07-01T00:23:18Z")
Works for me as well, in IE. That’s a little freaky though. I was at Zappos earlier looking at Vibram FiveFingers shoes, so of course that’s what the ad is. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/10 "2015-07-11T06:52:58Z")
Just checked out the Games, I was disappointed there was no… no… Farmville, {sobs} ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/11 "2015-07-11T07:41:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And NoScript. Most likely this. > [@running\_coach](#): > > You have to disable AdBlock to play. and not this. You just have to wait a while for the placeholder for the ad to go away. The games themselves are Flash-based, which is probably why they disable them on Android and iOS devices. (Though you can use flash on both devices–Android can handle flash natively, and there are multiple browsers for iOS that run the Flash part in the Cloud. Still, I’m sure they’d rather use native apps.) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/12 "2015-07-11T08:25:36Z")
And here’s what I mean about the Games button. I took the letters from “MESSAGE BOARDS” so you can keep the right font: [http://i.imgur.com/DHj4QZo.gif](http://i.imgur.com/DHj4QZo.gif) (It is not possible to copyright this content, so no legal worries if you steal it.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-games-really-coming-soon/723858/13 "2015-07-11T09:33:37Z")
Is the game called “HI THERE!”? 'Cos that’s what shows up on my tablet when I click it. ETA: It’s not very fun, but as near as I can make out, I’m winning…