A favourite pastime of many introverted intellectuals is to ponder the big questions in life, like who would win in a fight. Now you can sharpen your debate skills and answer the big questions at the same time.
Humour is a funny thing. In order to get a laugh out of people we have to push them into an uncomfortable place, showing things that cause the brain to misfire and release that tension with a guffaw.
Sometimes it gets boring playing the same old games over and over again. Monopoly just isn’t doing it for you anymore, and you’ve memorized every card in Cards Against Humanity.
From Greek poets singing the songs of Odysseus to the poorly written Twilight fan fiction of today, storytelling has always been an integral part of the human experience. Now it is your turn, gamers.
Although the robot-fighting game genre has been around since the heyday of Robot Wars in the early 2000s, now you can savour the destruction of all your engineering and programming work in the comfort of your own home.
Sometimes you just want to take out your friends and steal their stuff. Luckily, there’s a game for that.
There are lots of games that have stood the test of time. Then there are new, award-winning games that can find their way into that elite circle.
Some games have a lasting impact on the world of board games; their scoring systems, dice rolling mechanics, and play strategies begin to reappear in several other games. Today’s game gave us the name of the little wooden playing piece that’s common in so many worker placement games: the meeple.
The Vancouver Art Gallery’s current exhibit looks at several pieces by notable names of the French Modernist movement, from Realism, through Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, and Cubism. Paintings make up the bulk of the exhibit, with some sculpture work included from artists of the time. The cornerstones of the collection are several paintings from Paul Cézanne.
What better way to waste time than by playing a game about wasting time?
