Showing posts with label Windows Vista. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows Vista. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

New Life


Here girls and boys wait to be born into the game of Life. Like the new Sorry, redesigned with a Windows Vista vibe, new Life was at first a rueful experience, like going back to your old college and finding that most of your favorite stores are gone.

But new Life has its charms, and a new agenda. No longer do you have to buy auto, fire, and life insurance, or go without and make your fellow players wonder about your suitability as a partner in real life. Most spaces dealing with car crashes and fires have been replaced with Spin To Win, your chance to play roulette. Gambling and trying to beat the stockmarket play a large part in the game, more than education or your choice of careers, and it's interesting that new Life came out in 2007, right before the whole world landed on the Economic Tsunami! space.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Sorry Vista




I could never get anyone to play Sorry with me as a child because the game involves a lot of moving backwards, trading places, and can take from 30 minutes to infinity. Oliver asked me to buy him Sorry after the point in Target when I lose good judgment, and we brought it home. To my horror, the game has been redesigned so that the pieces are translucent and the board looks like a start-up screen for Windows Vista.