Joe Pace
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...
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Joe Pace
Jan 14
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...
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Joe Pace
Jan 13
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,...
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Joe Pace
Jan 12
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,...
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Joe Pace
Jan 11
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...
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Joe Pace
Jan 10
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...
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Joe Pace
Jan 9
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...
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Joe Pace
Jan 8
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....
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Joe Pace
Jan 7
Player of Games, #7: John Elway's Quarterback
Since today is almost certain to see some terrible football in New England, let's take a look at a terrible football game from nearly...
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Joe Pace
Jan 6
Player of Games, #6: Axis & Allies
Analogy time: Axis & Allies is to Risk as San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds is to Pittsburgh Pirates Barry Bonds. Steroids, folks. Juiced....
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Joe Pace
Jan 5
Player of Games, #5: Trivial Pursuit
Q: What iconic 1980s board game allowed insufferable know-it-alls the opportunity to impose their breadth of seldom-applicable knowledge...
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Joe Pace
Jan 4
Player of Games, #4: Sid Meier's Colonization
This is the first, but will hardly be the last, game on this list authored by game developer Sid Meier. Before we dive into this entry,...
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