Comments on: War games

By: duodecad

duodecad — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:38:18 +0000

Don’t forget all forms of gambling, where the masses contribute to a few elite winners.

Or rummy, because I can never win it.

And most of all, let’s not forget Sorry, where that wonderful popping-plastic-dice-dome bewilders you long enough not to notice that this game should be called “I like being a jerk…”

By: Anirban

Anirban — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:27:09 +0000

Another reason to stick to cricket. A game invented in England, dominated by the West Indies (ex – cotton colonies) in the past and now by Australia (ex – prison colony) and most lucrative in India ( third world country) who just lost to Bangladesh (disaster country) and needs to beat Sri Lanka (home of Arthur C Clarke) to stay in the tournament.
As for being politically correct…- Zimbabwe’s current squad and performance are enough to suggest that things aren’t nearly as fine back home.

Does Ludo imply colour segregation? A red counter cannot enter the blue lane?

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:40:32 +0000

I don’t mean to be politically incorrect, but Wizard, I think, is an honest game. I’m sorry, some cards are just better than other cards. Don’t get me wrong — some of my best friends are Jesters — but a Wizard will beat a Jester any day, and that’s just the truth. It’s biological. This is just what I’ve seen from personal experience.

By: Pulao

Pulao — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:19:24 +0000

You know, if we had to shun all games that had even a hint of intellectual doubt, all these games would have to go:

a) Monopoly: because, really, no true lefty (or even liberal, for that matter) should be participating in encouraging people to privatize places everywhere, and then turning all them all into places for touristy consumerism. On the other hand, monopoly is such a boring game that we should shun it just on the basis of that.

b) Chess: because even though the queen is such an awesome piece, her job is still defined in relationship to her husband.

c) Life: because it insists on a heteronormative, capitalist purpose.

d) Pool: because there’s something incredibly phallic about using a big, long rod to hit balls into holes.

e) Apples to Apples: because it says we should conform, and should be rewarded for the popularity of our ideas, instead of the uniqueness of our word-associations.

f) Scrabble, Wizard, and Pente: because I consistently lose, and I think that’s proof that they’re intellectually tainted.