Joe Pace
Player of Games, #39: The Oregon Trail
As a member of Gen X, there are certain cultural touchstones we all share. Star Wars, for instance, as foundational myth. Pee-Wee Herman,...
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Joe Pace
Feb 7
Player of Games, #38: Hangman
Look, we've all played Hangman. On the back of a paper placemat with a crayon at a diner with glacial waitstaff, in the back of a car on...
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Joe Pace
Feb 6
Player of Games, #37: How to Train Your Dragon
When my sons were younger, they were huge fans of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. Books, movies, shows, toys, all of it,...
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Feb 5
Player of Games, #36: Fishing Derby
In 1979, Atari was riding the crest of the first home video game boom. So high, in fact, that despite tens of millions of dollars in...
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Feb 4
Player of Games, #35: NBA Jam
The golden age of arcades was largely over by the time I was old enough to hang out at the mall with my buddies. The early-90s were a...
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Feb 3
Player of Games, #34: Go to the Head of the Class
There have been many iterations of this classic board game since it was first introduced by Milton Bradley in 1936. This is the one I...
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Feb 2
Player of Games, #33: Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Here we are on Groundhog Day, so it makes sense to talk about the game I have played over and over more than any other. We're talking...
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Joe Pace
Feb 1
Player of Games, #32: NCAA Football
Some initial stipulations: Big-time college football is a corrupt cesspit of greed, exploitation, and hypocrisy. Big-time college in...
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Jan 31
Player of Games, #31: Ladder Ball
There's a lot of fun to be had out there in the yard on a summer's day. Early afternoon, the sun just past its apogee, the fire burning...
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Jan 30
Player of Games, #30: Strolling Bowling
Sometimes, the simplest things can bring us joy. It's the attraction of darts, say, or blackjack, or Jim Carrey. As a college literature...
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Jan 29
Player of Games, #29: Doom
I didn't waste a whole lot of time in college. There were only so many hours in the day, and between studies, plotting to take over the...
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Jan 28
Player of Games. #28: Chutes and Ladders (Marvel)
Some board games are sufficiently iconic and generic that they invite cross-branding. Think Monopoly, Clue, Trivial Pursuit. There are...
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