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Not your average game of hide-and-seek: Japanese kids go high-tech!

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Although some kids’ games will always be more popular in certain parts of the world than others – rock, paper, scissors is probably played more times in a single day in Japan than in the U.S. each year, for example – there are a handful of classics that kids all across the globe enjoy equally, one of them being hide-and-seek.

According to chatter between Japanese Twitter users, however, the classic game of hide-and-seek is evolving in the digital age, and where once the game was all about speed, stealth and cleverly planted decoys, mobile technology now has a role.

It all began when one Twitter user noticed a group of kids playing the game in a park. This wasn’t just your ordinary game of running around trying to find the hidden party, though: this game of hide-and-seek consisted of the kids using their mobile phones to track each other down.

“I saw some kids playing hide-and-seek in the park. One of them was phoning the kid who was hiding, but that’s just plain wrong! (lol). Since when did hide-and-seek become information warfare!? LOL”

 “It’s already gone beyond the bounds of hide-and-seek.”

“This is the state of modern-day hide-and-seek, folks! These kids are digital natives!”

“Throwing them off the scent by putting your phone in a different place wouldn’t be a bad idea.”

“I’m playing hide-and-seek now! (Tweet fake location information)”

“I’ve heard that kids are even using the chat feature on the Nintendo DS to exchange information during games of hide-and-seek.”

Many Twitter users are impressed by how children have adapted to the digital age and how imaginative they have been in integrating the gadgets around them into their games. It’s probable that the evolution won’t stop here, and we can’t wait to see what children will come up with next in the digital playground in which we live!

Source: Togech
Image: hoikuen-net

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