So I'm sitting here in Athens again, thinking about what I am going to be doing with that $153 sitting in video game credit. I have waffled a bunch of times with getting a nextgen handheld, however after getting Jerermy Mario vs. Donkey Kong for the GBA, I'm reminded that they are still putting out great (and I mean fucking great) games for the GBA. With a potential release of Mr Driller 2 in the future, maybe the thing to do is to hold out a bit more . . . or is it. As I read more and more I hear that GBA games are petering out. Hmmm . . . this will require more research. Perhaps buying Klonoa 2 for the GBA will help solve that.
One tuesdays we have done lots of things, in particular play boardgames. Recently we have been playing Power Grid and Ticket to Ride. I tried to find good webpages for these games, but the Rio Grande web page leaves something to be desired. Instead I have found another web page of interest. The web page is www.boardgamegeeks.com and it has reviews of games. It seems like this site thrives off of user reviews of games (perhaps we should post our own . . . looking at you Brad), but I'm thinking that it might be used to determine new games to get??? Regardless, I think I'm starting to like Power Grid a bit more. Everytime I have played the game I feel like we have gotten to a point of no return. For example the last game ended at a point where I asked if anyone could stop Brad from winning at the end of the turn, and when no one said they could the game was over.
This beings up a critical point in games. We all know how Axis can get mired to a point where we are all just sitting there waiting for Berlin to fall, but the outcome of the game is deteremined. There isn't anything wrong with that, but it is slightly less exciting than a game like Tigris, where the end of the game is sudden and the outcome can't be determined by looking at the board.
Critical points . . . that has been the topic of this book that I am re-reading, "Tipping Point." It is a book that my mom bought me a long time ago and I didn't get as much out of it as I could. So I going through it again, and it is great. The book talks about general trends in things reaching epidemic proportions. Anything from diseases, fashion trends, to speading the work about the revolutionary war. It is really interesting and defines a new vernacular for the types of people (Connectors, Mavens, etc.) that must be involved. Anyway, the book is really cool, and Chowning is now giving me eyes telling me that I've been typing for too long and need to go pay attention to her. Out.
M
One tuesdays we have done lots of things, in particular play boardgames. Recently we have been playing Power Grid and Ticket to Ride. I tried to find good webpages for these games, but the Rio Grande web page leaves something to be desired. Instead I have found another web page of interest. The web page is www.boardgamegeeks.com and it has reviews of games. It seems like this site thrives off of user reviews of games (perhaps we should post our own . . . looking at you Brad), but I'm thinking that it might be used to determine new games to get??? Regardless, I think I'm starting to like Power Grid a bit more. Everytime I have played the game I feel like we have gotten to a point of no return. For example the last game ended at a point where I asked if anyone could stop Brad from winning at the end of the turn, and when no one said they could the game was over.
This beings up a critical point in games. We all know how Axis can get mired to a point where we are all just sitting there waiting for Berlin to fall, but the outcome of the game is deteremined. There isn't anything wrong with that, but it is slightly less exciting than a game like Tigris, where the end of the game is sudden and the outcome can't be determined by looking at the board.
Critical points . . . that has been the topic of this book that I am re-reading, "Tipping Point." It is a book that my mom bought me a long time ago and I didn't get as much out of it as I could. So I going through it again, and it is great. The book talks about general trends in things reaching epidemic proportions. Anything from diseases, fashion trends, to speading the work about the revolutionary war. It is really interesting and defines a new vernacular for the types of people (Connectors, Mavens, etc.) that must be involved. Anyway, the book is really cool, and Chowning is now giving me eyes telling me that I've been typing for too long and need to go pay attention to her. Out.
M
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