When it comes to computer games, ‘Among Us’ is a force for good

Anxious about his daughter’s love of gaming, Will Gore remembers with a shiver his past addiction to ‘Chocks Away’ on the Acorn Archimedes

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plays the hit game (AOC/Twitch)

Every generation likes to tell the next that they’ve never had it so good, while secretly believing that the world is going to pot (which it is, obviously).

At the most prosaic end of this inter-generational game of one-upmanship lies discussion of technological change.

“Of course,” a 70-year-old might wibble, “we didn’t have a television until I went to secondary school,” which sounds rather woeful until they add: “so instead I read lots of books, which made me clever; and I played outside a lot, which made me fit and strong.” They will deny that they were ever bored, and then tell you about their massive pension.