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Gamer Girl

December 23, 2014 by Naomi Kritzer Leave a Comment

My older daughter Molly’s love affair with Monopoly started when she was seven. I blame the fact that we had two strategy books about Monopoly in the house. The fun part of Monopoly is the wheeling and dealing, trying to construct a trade that will be sufficiently beneficial to the other person that they’ll actually…

Filed Under: Endings Tagged With: games, imaginary friends, monopoly

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Shadow Of Mordor: Orc Murder Simulator 2014

October 6, 2014 by Ian Boudreau Leave a Comment

Why are we talking about video games? (1) Because we can. (2) Because we’re building our Bitter Empire one murderous brick at a time. (3) Because maybe you need some extreme slayage opportunities in your leisure time/fantasy life. There’s a point early on in the old Rankin-Bass animated version of The Hobbit where Gandalf is…

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Why I Don't Play Games With Law Students

July 10, 2012 by Not an Elle 4 Comments

A fun, enjoyable game of Scrabble or Catchphrase with your laid back law school classmates? How about throwing the old pigskin around with some law school buds? Forget it. Law students don’t know when to check their cut throat nature.

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