In a provincial town in Mindanao Philippines, a grade schooler lives a humble life of farming together with his family. His name is Isidro and he loves to play. After school, he runs immediately back home to help with the chores and answer his school assignments. These were the prerequisites of his mother in order for him to join friends outside in playing. Isidro and his friends are acquainted with traditional games like flying a kite, tag, stick batting (siatong), kick the can (bato lata) etc. Sometimes, he plays with a make shift stick guide to manuever a used bicycle tire.

Keeping with the trend, these kids dream also of acquiring smartphones to play the latest digital game applications. Although rural areas have slow network receptions but the yearning to brag and share the excitement experienced in playing is more overwhelming. One...