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Player of Games, #98: Tri-Ominos
This is one of those games that resided in our closet for years when I was a kid, at the bottom or in the back or some other dusty locale...

Joe Pace
Apr 7, 2024
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Player of Games, #97: Blackjack
I'm not much of a gambler. Sorry, Kenny Rogers. I don't mind the occasional casino outing (by occasional, I mean every few years)....

Joe Pace
Apr 6, 2024
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Player of Games, #96: Donkey Kong
When we first got our Atari 2600, I was maybe five or six. As far as I knew there were four video games in the world: Missile Command,...

Joe Pace
Apr 5, 2024
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Player of Games, #95: Hollywood Movie Studio
Also known as Hollywood Mogul 3, this game was released in 2006, and boy, does it look like it. Basically text-only, it is an immersive...

Joe Pace
Apr 4, 2024
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Player of Games, #94: Don't Break the Ice
If you have children, or work with children, or live near children, you will encounter a brief space of time in which games such as this...

Joe Pace
Apr 3, 2024
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Player of Games, #93: Pitfall!
In 1982, we were all Indiana Jones. Well, Pitfall Harry, anyway. Swashbuckling heroes, navigating jungles of doubt and underground...

Joe Pace
Apr 2, 2024
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Player of Games, #92: Trump the Game
Forget Monopoly, okay? Only losers play that tired old joke of a game. Like, who uses cash to buy hotels? That's what debt is for....

Joe Pace
Apr 1, 2024
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Player of Games, #91: Wiffle Ball
Easter is an odd holiday. It arrives on the calendar with an unfathomable liturgical logic all its own, sometimes in the snows of late...

Joe Pace
Mar 31, 2024
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Player of Games, #90: Flashlight Tag
As kids, we would eat sugar all day and then once it was dark, go outside and chase each other through the woods with flashlights. In...

Joe Pace
Mar 30, 2024
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Player of Games, #89: Scrabble
For lovers of words, Scrabble is most likely the largest star in the galaxy. Invented in 1938, it is one of those tentpole iconic board...

Joe Pace
Mar 29, 2024
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Player of Games, #88: Out of the Park Baseball
With baseball's Opening Day truly upon us (the season begins when the Red Sox play their first game), I give you the most immersive,...

Joe Pace
Mar 28, 2024
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Player of Games, #87: Marvel Puzzle Quest
I was skeptical some years back when my brother suggested I try my hand at one of those insufferable match-the-jewels games on my phone....

Joe Pace
Mar 27, 2024
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