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Player of Games, #19: UBI
If you know Rome is in Greece, but you're not exactly sure where, this is the game for you. Or maybe not. Released in 1986, UBI is equal...
Joe Pace
Jan 19, 2024
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Player of Games, #18: Chutes Away!!!!!!
There was a time, before the rise of charging cords and USBs, that batteries reigned supreme. Duracell, Energizer, Eveready. The big...
Joe Pace
Jan 18, 2024
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Player of Games, #17: Superfight
Many of the entries on this list are included because I enjoyed playing them as a kid. Others, because I've enjoyed playing them with my...
Joe Pace
Jan 17, 2024
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Player of Games, #16: TRON
I think I saw the TRON movie when it came out in 1982. I was seven, and still more of a The Fox and the Hound kind of guy, so I might...
Joe Pace
Jan 16, 2024
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Player of Games, #15: Match II
You have to remember that 1980 was a far, far more innocent time. We had three channels on the TV (maybe five if you count WSBK and...
Joe Pace
Jan 15, 2024
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Player of Games, #14: Missile Command
I was probably around six or seven years old when the Atari 2600 showed up in our house. 1981, 1982, something like that. This was, as my...
Joe Pace
Jan 14, 2024
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Player of Games, #13: Survive!
There are going to be a lot of vintage board games on this list for two reasons. First, because we played a lot of them when I was a kid,...
Joe Pace
Jan 13, 2024
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Player of Games, #12: UNO
The beauty of UNO lies in its unambiguous simplicity and unabashed savagery. As with a delightfully troubling number of card games,...
Joe Pace
Jan 12, 2024
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Player of Games, #11: Summer Games I & II
Released in 1985, Summer Games II, and its immediate predecessor, Summer Games, were likely responsible for more destroyed joysticks than...
Joe Pace
Jan 11, 2024
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Player of Games, #10: Zork
>write post There is no post here. >write I don't know the word "write". >type On what? >type on computer I don't know the word...
Joe Pace
Jan 10, 2024
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Player of Games, #9: The Uncle Wiggily Game
You want vintage? Well, buckle up. It doesn't get more vintage than this. Initially conceived as Uncle Wiggily Longears by children's...
Joe Pace
Jan 9, 2024
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Player of Games, #8: Sporcle.com
About a dozen years ago I stumbled on Sporcle.com, and since then it's been a reliable vehicle for entertainment and procrastination....
Joe Pace
Jan 8, 2024
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