Other news: cheapo game rip-offs - Jo had picked a some of these, and we played a couple. First, Guess Who? - much like the original (slightly less faces, I think), but the balance is horribly wrong (ie 2/3 of the faces are male, so if one player gets a boy and the other a girl, the latter always wins. Duh). The second was a Monopoly-style game which suffers from the problem that it's far too difficult to acquire money (you don't even get any for passing Go!) and buy stuff is far too expensive - the game ended before I got twice around the board! Best square is the one where you get $200 for "Watching the statue pis" (sic) featuring a picture of a statue cherub with appropriately-placed fountain nozzle - and this is aimed at young kids? Even at £2 each, they're really taking the pis.
Busa Simba!
Other news: cheapo game rip-offs - Jo had picked a some of these, and we played a couple. First, Guess Who? - much like the original (slightly less faces, I think), but the balance is horribly wrong (ie 2/3 of the faces are male, so if one player gets a boy and the other a girl, the latter always wins. Duh). The second was a Monopoly-style game which suffers from the problem that it's far too difficult to acquire money (you don't even get any for passing Go!) and buy stuff is far too expensive - the game ended before I got twice around the board! Best square is the one where you get $200 for "Watching the statue pis" (sic) featuring a picture of a statue cherub with appropriately-placed fountain nozzle - and this is aimed at young kids? Even at £2 each, they're really taking the pis.
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*stabs BBC*
GAH! WHY DO THEY HAVE TO KEEP MESSING WITH THE START TIME OF DOCTOR WHO?!? Honestly, is it too much to have it start at the same time every week. Or…
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In which Mark lambasts a Miyazaki film
So, I saw Howl's Moving Castle yesterday. Speaking as someone who first read the book many, many years ago and has read it many times since, I…
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"May you live in interesting times"
Well, this has been an Interesting week. As regards interesting item one, I will say no more than to quote Morpheus: "Fate, it seems, is not without…
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