Saturday!
So I first started thinking about stuff like “couple’s games” and that brought me to think about board games like “An Enchanted Evening” and I got embarrassed and thought “I can’t write about that! This is a family show!” (and, besides, any review one is likely to give about the game is more likely to reflect experiences with the game so someone who said “MAN THIS GAME IS AWESOME!” will be read as saying “this game resulted in a good evening” and someone who said “man, that game stinks on ice!” will be read as saying “this game failed to result in a good evening” and someone who said “let’s discuss the mechanics of the game” will be read as saying “I didn’t play it, but I bought it, and pretended to play it”) so I figured that that wouldn’t be a particularly good topic.
Then I wandered to “are there any games about dating?” and, halfway through the thought, I got to “Dating Sims” and laughed out loud. Nah, not writing about those either.
At that point, I asked myself “what about games in which a romantic relationship is incidental?” and thought about Bioware’s RPGs and then thought “NOT. ONE. RED. CENT.”
So I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that, while not 100% incompatible, the whole Gaming/Valentine’s Day thing will either be tilted pretty heavily toward either the Gaming thing, or the Valentine’s Day thing, and probably not balanced between the two.
So… what are you (probably not) playing?
(Photo is “The Game” taken by Mo Riza, used under a creative commons license.)
If you squint really hard, Love Letter might qualify. I mean, the conceit IS you’re trying to get your love letter to the princess and win her hand.
I’m not gaming any this weekend (full weekend what with Valentine’s day plans with my wife — we already had tickets to The Magic Flute tonight, so slap on sushi after and it’s a date — stuff with my brother, and dealing with my car) but I am about to blow a hundred or so bucks (saved Amazon cards) on board and card games.
Thinking Galaxy Truckers, Cosmic Encounters for board games — and my own copy of Love Letter and Dixit.Report
And now I just remembered “Mystery Date”.
Which, now that I think about it, is probably another minefield.Report
Cosmic Encounters is an awesome game, but watch out. You’ll play it once or twice and then you’ll start thinking about the expansions… of which there are five.Report
Watching: Last night, I watched Frida, and I liked it very much. I recommend it.
Today, we’re having blizzard. We needed more snow or something. Began working on a photoproject to document the businesses sprouting up around Maine’s marijuana industry; a visit to a glass shop. This is kind of a gray area; the paraphernalia sold here is legal, but only if the merchant sells it as “tobacco products.” I’ll be going back; I had to study the photos I took to learn how to use their light box (never used one before.) I hope to collect images of grow-supply shops, farmers (called care givers,) and a medical dispensary, and try and collect some numbers from Maine revenue to put a size to the new economy, though I don’t think it’s new, it was just underground before.Report
Colorado “glass shops” used to have signs that said “if you make any reference to these products in connection with illegal substances, you will be asked to leave”.
Apparently, one of the stings that cops liked to run was busting owners for aiding and abetting marijuana use.
But I find myself about to give a rant so I’ll stop here.Report
I hear you, @jaybird
Myself, I’m kinda happy to have an opportunity to showcase the blooming business.Report
Same thing in New York City if you suggest that an oversized beer stein could also be used for soda.Report