Let’s be honest: we all have that one window open—the one where numbers are always going up, even when we aren't looking. Free clicker games, or idle games, are a bizarre, wonderful gaming anomaly. It doesn't really sound like much of a game, does it? Just clicking, then waiting. Yet, somehow, these things sink their…
Clicker games look simple at first glance. Tap a cookie, count rises. But there’s a kind of quiet genius in that simplicity. You get immediate feedback, a small hit of progress, and then — almost without noticing — the numbers start to balloon. That slow-to-fast curve is addicting in the same way a good melody…

