Archive for the 'Games' Category

And Twenty Years of Market Research Will Afford Us Greater Social Selectivity for Children’s Games

Published January 15th, 2008 in Children, Games and Racism. 0 Comments

Or, how to win Guess Who? in one move:

via Educe Me

Cheating for Charity

Published December 15th, 2007 in Food and Games. 2 Comments

I’m not sure how much 1200 grains of rice actually is once it’s heaped all together in a bowl, but this little vocabulary game purports to donate 20 grains of rice for every correct vocabulary word. Bonus: it doesn’t time you, so if you don’t know the word you can still look it [...]

Bittersweet

Published November 27th, 2007 in Games and Parenthood. 5 Comments

Auguste passed along this sad, bittersweet comic about a mother’s addiction to Animal Crossing. Maybe it’s my sour mood, but this little webcomic made me weep a little.

Gamers?

Published November 26th, 2007 in Games. 16 Comments

I want to get Ethan something cool for his DS for Xmas but I’m completely lost on the internet trying to sift through the good games and the bad. Any suggestions?
What about GameCube?

My Social Life is Over

Published November 18th, 2007 in Games. 1 Comment

Carcassonne online. In German, but still.

Gaming

Published November 3rd, 2007 in Entertainment, Games and Suburbia. 13 Comments

Thanks to Anne and her partner, I’m quickly becoming something of a game nut. Last night we all took Ethan down to the local game store, The Game Preserve, and interrupted the Friday night D&D competition because I wanted to buy The Horse Racing Game (best name ever), a mixture of cribbage and Kentucky [...]

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