It may not be an HR person pushing the games. It is entirely possible that some executive in the company heard about them and is telling HR that all the employees have to "play" the games. These "games" are apparently the latest buzzword, and execs get street cred when they can brag/boast they, too, are using the latest and greatest thing in their company. I don't work in HR, but my position requires me to work very closely with our HR department, and you would not believe some of the things the upper echelon has told them to do. Some of those things would have broken the law, and HR has had a hard time reining a few VPs in. What they get from these games is a bunch of statistics, which may be used to pinpoint employee weaknesses so they can get better training, or to pinpoint employee weaknesses so they can be let go, or which the execs can't interpret so it is all for nothing. One thing, though. I would never, ever, put company software on my phone. If the company wants me to use software that requires a touch screen, the company needs to provide the touch screen. Unless they want to pay for my phone and phone bill, my private phone remains private. Asking employees to put company-provided software on their personal devices crosses a line for me. First, it's a "game." Then it becomes requiring the employee to use their own device to do work. Not a good situation.

Thanks for the heads up! I only started playing the train game the last time it was free and got hooked big time! I didn't try any of the other games. Here's a question for you train players. What is your best strategy for winning?

Wonder why it's been gone so long. Been since Mother's Day weekend. Maybe they only tease us now for holidays :o)

I'd like to meet the ladies that introduced the Train Game and the Bubble Game to the KT. They've got a lot of 'splainin' to do! LOL I've wasted far too much time with both games; but they do relax me. I've never heard the yard jam sound, though. I never turn my speakers on unless I'm watching a video.