Show HN: Waiting for LLMs Suck – Give your user a game

While your AI chatbot (LLM, a big text-predicting model) thinks, this new one-button mini-arcade lets users mash Space on tiny pixel games—runner, jellyfish drift, gravity flip, invaders, even a rhythm tapper. It’s pure retro: black‑and‑white pixels, one key to rule them all, drop-in simple. The thread lit up fast: one camp cheered the throwback charm, the other clutched pearls over attention addiction. “We’ve reached another level of dopamine-hit chasing,” sighed one commenter, kicking off the “fun vs. focus” showdown.

Then came the demo drama. A chorus begged for proof: “I was really hoping for a gif or two!” and “Where are they hosted so I can play?” The absence of a quick video became the main character, until a hero commenter basically handed over a how‑to: record a quick clip, upload it, done. Meanwhile, the jokesters arrived with a nostalgia grenade: “Pull a Namco and patent it,” linking to loading-screen minigames. Cue everyone remembering the Chrome dino and old-school consoles. In short: Is this clever UX candy that makes waiting humane—or a slippery slope to more screen‑time snacks? The vibe is equal parts “shut up and take my boredom” and “please don’t gamify my patience,” with a side of “drop a GIF already.”