Alanna Okun, a writer and game designer, said the game has become a stand-in for a “thing people do when they are messing around on their phones.”
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Mental health experts aren't all on the same page.
And the market forces that drive that.
!["At this point, [Candy Crush] has almost been around for so long that it's kind of crossed beyond cool into classic to some degree," Okun said.](https://img.apmcdn.org/cf57cdfa6d9381612ba81d7f1239084f2008ccc7/widescreen/8e9fcc-20260814-candy-crush-friends-sweet-n-solo-valentine-s-day-dinner-event-webp2000.webp)
