We’re fine with paying money for a game up front, and a few in-game purchases are okay, too (hey, it’s your cash). Ideally, the game shouldn’t make you pay money to win. No, you will not be able to keep a steady connection to that game of Hearthstone while traveling underneath the East River.Ĥ. Yes, the MTA has made major steps in getting Wi-Fi connectivity into most stops, and even into a lot of the tunnels.

That said, there are some games on here that you’ll probably need two hands in order to play in landscape mode. Ideally, you need to be able to play one-handed - if you’re slammed into a C car at rush hour, the game is no good if you need both hands in order to play and can’t at least grab onto a strap. It also has to be interesting enough that it’ll keep you occupied while a sick passenger holds everything up - but not so engrossing that you end up missing your stop altogether.Ģ. It needs to be good enough to keep your attention, but not so demanding of your brainpower that you can’t listen to a good podcast while playing it.

So we set out to find the best ones for your subway commute.

Sometimes, you just wanna play a game on your phone.

So how to pass the time? Sure, you could read a book - but you don’t always want to tackle the newest Jonathan Safran Foer treatise on why we should only eat seeds. Photo: franckreporter/Getty Images/iStockphotoĬommutes: We all have them, except for those lucky enough to work from home (and even then, sometimes you have to walk to the fridge). With a good enough smartphone game, even signal malfunctions can be peachy keen.

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