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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...

Joe Pace
Jan 15, 2024
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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...

Joe Pace
Jan 14, 2024
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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,...

Joe Pace
Jan 13, 2024
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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,...

Joe Pace
Jan 12, 2024
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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...

Joe Pace
Jan 11, 2024
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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...

Joe Pace
Jan 10, 2024
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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...

Joe Pace
Jan 9, 2024
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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....

Joe Pace
Jan 8, 2024
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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...

Joe Pace
Jan 7, 2024
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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....

Joe Pace
Jan 6, 2024
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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...

Joe Pace
Jan 5, 2024
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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,...

Joe Pace
Jan 4, 2024
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