Joe Pace
Player of Games, #98: Tri-Ominos
This is one of those games that resided in our closet for years when I was a kid, at the bottom or in the back or some other dusty locale...
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Joe Pace
Apr 6
Player of Games, #97: Blackjack
I'm not much of a gambler. Sorry, Kenny Rogers. I don't mind the occasional casino outing (by occasional, I mean every few years)....
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Joe Pace
Apr 4
Player of Games, #96: Donkey Kong
When we first got our Atari 2600, I was maybe five or six. As far as I knew there were four video games in the world: Missile Command,...
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Apr 3
Player of Games, #95: Hollywood Movie Studio
Also known as Hollywood Mogul 3, this game was released in 2006, and boy, does it look like it. Basically text-only, it is an immersive...
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Apr 3
Player of Games, #94: Don't Break the Ice
If you have children, or work with children, or live near children, you will encounter a brief space of time in which games such as this...
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Apr 2
Player of Games, #93: Pitfall!
In 1982, we were all Indiana Jones. Well, Pitfall Harry, anyway. Swashbuckling heroes, navigating jungles of doubt and underground...
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Apr 1
Player of Games, #92: Trump the Game
Forget Monopoly, okay? Only losers play that tired old joke of a game. Like, who uses cash to buy hotels? That's what debt is for....
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Mar 31
Player of Games, #91: Wiffle Ball
Easter is an odd holiday. It arrives on the calendar with an unfathomable liturgical logic all its own, sometimes in the snows of late...
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Mar 30
Player of Games, #90: Flashlight Tag
As kids, we would eat sugar all day and then once it was dark, go outside and chase each other through the woods with flashlights. In...
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Joe Pace
Mar 29
Player of Games, #89: Scrabble
For lovers of words, Scrabble is most likely the largest star in the galaxy. Invented in 1938, it is one of those tentpole iconic board...
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Joe Pace
Mar 28
Player of Games, #88: Out of the Park Baseball
With baseball's Opening Day truly upon us (the season begins when the Red Sox play their first game), I give you the most immersive,...
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Joe Pace
Mar 27
Player of Games, #87: Marvel Puzzle Quest
I was skeptical some years back when my brother suggested I try my hand at one of those insufferable match-the-jewels games on my phone....
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