By now you know that we like to start with an introduction when we write about anything. Sometimes we are reminiscing about some memory jarred by a game. Other times we talk about similar products. This time, I’m going to reserve thos ...
This week was a particularly good week at our Goodwill. On one trip we found four complete games for only 88 cents each! Each and every one of them were titles we had not seen before, and thus needed to add them to our collection. You’ ...
With New York Toy Fair around the corner, followed closely by GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association) Trade show, I’m already getting an onslaught of emails from companies asking if we’ll be in attendance. It’s not unique. I ...
Last month we made you a promise. We showed the first half of Star Wars themed games in our 15 Star Wars Games You Didn’t Know Existed article, but the full list would require another fifteen from the latter part of the alphabet. ...
Another common theme of games in our collection are those that have you pretending to be an artist of some type. Or maybe a connoisseur of fine works. Or even a trader of masterpieces vying to make the most money. There’s no lack of o ...
At this time last week, I was preparing for the Chicago Auto Show. I was headed to the media preview as a guest of Nissan along with a multitude of other journalists and digital professionals. The schedule included time in the concept garag ...
I first came across Stripes by Breaking Games at Gen Con last year. Because I was in the printing and graphics industry for most of my adult life, games about color have always intrigued me. Most companies get it wrong because they don̵ ...
The collection is complete! Well, almost – keep reading and you’ll see what I mean. We’ve been trying to find a copy of each of the versions of Blokus for quite some time now. It began with the original Blokus back in ...
When asked what my favorite games are, my answer is often complicated. I typically respond with an audible asterisk and a comment, “Depends on what type of game.” If we’re talking about party games, it’s a different ...
This summer will mark the five year anniversary of our feature about Rubik’s Race. We never imagined how popular the article and video would become when we bought our copy of the game at a local Goodwill. The popularity didn’t h ...