# @newtrier_news on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DCHjzkpPCAh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26192212-newtrier-news-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/4a1aace26c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-11-08T17:05:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** New Trier News (@newtrier_news) — https://gondola.cc/newtrier_news

## Caption

“I feel like I’m living in an ad,” sophomore Ben Holtzman declared as he looked at his fellow advisees.

It’s true: morning advisery looked suspiciously like one of those low-budget ads that interrupt a mobile game every time one fails at a level (*cough, cough* Royal Match ads). Everyone was staring at their phone, talking absentmindedly with each other as they played the game. It didn’t help either that most people downloaded the app because they saw other people playing it and decided to play it too. At least, that’s what Holtzman’s peers said in response to him. A few days later, Holtzman downloaded the game.

The app in question? Block Blast.

Staff Writer Isabella Castro covered the viral phone game.

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## Credits

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| New Trier News | @newtrier_news | https://gondola.cc/newtrier_news | Newspaper |
| Declan Quigley | @shotbyquigs | https://gondola.cc/shotbyquigs | Graphic Designer |

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