Did you know that “when played according to its written rules, the typical Monopoly game lasts less than ninety minutes“? As someone who stopped playing Monopoly because the game was too long, that fact blew my mind. However, it wasn’t the most interesting fact in this book because the origin of the game Monopoly is… Read More Book Review: The Monopolists by Mary Pilon
I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned this on the blog before, but one of the first fiction podcasts I listened to was Rabbits. And I enjoyed Rabbits so much that I ended up listening to everything by Pacific Northwest Stories (PNWS) – Tanis, The Black Tapes, The Last Movie, and Faerie. So you can probably… Read More Book Review: Rabbits by Terry Miles
There are a few strings tying me to Japan. The strongest are my friends and my memories, but there are also, somewhat incongruously, games. One of them was Aerial Legends, a game created by the company that I used to work for. I remember when it first came out. The management was so excited and… Read More Goodbye to More Than a Game