All Things Digital (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hasbro has finally dropped the hammer Scrabulous, the online knockoff of its 75 year-old word game. On Thursday, the company filed suit against Scrabulous creators Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla claiming trademark and copyright infringement.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
SEATTLE, WA -- 07/25/08 -- WHAT: RealGames(TM), the casual games business unit for digital entertainment services company RealNetworks® Inc., wins two Zeebys awards for Best Card, Board & Mahjong Game of 2007 for "MONOPOLY(T..
WiiNintendo.net (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
I know there are games out there that sell on eBay really well, but what I do not get is the fact that you can still buy some of these games in the stores for MSRP (or cheaper). I remember buying my copy of Monopoly-Boggle-Yahtzee-Battleship on sale (for like $19). I bought Club House Games [...]
Boardgame News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
From the Norwich (CT) Bulletin: Some families are passing Go altogether. They’re abandoning staples such as Monopoly and discovering Euro-games. Unlike the games that have given some Americans a bit of board game malaise, Euro-games are entertaining, take less time and favor skill instead of luck. And, as a bonus, some are educational. “It’s still a niche market, for sure,” said Andy Lewis, board member...
Hydragenic (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
"It's just a game," he said to me, this inhuman director of humanoid work units. "Nothing more. You've got to learn to play the game." I wondered what exactly he was thinking of. Monopoly? Chess? Tiddlywinks? To me, it felt like a daily goring in the bullring. Or maybe the entertaining spectacle of people being fed to lions purely on the basis of their beliefs. My pride was of a different kind. It...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc., the maker of Monopoly and Clue board games, said second-quarter profit surged after the toymaker recorded costs a year earlier to end part of a contract with "Star Wars" director George Lucas. Net income increased to $37.5...
Walter's Walk (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
So, nothing like a lazy Sunday afternoon for teaching the kid poker. She IS nine, already. Spend ten minutes showing her the hand rankings and quiz her til I know she's got it. What's a good beginners game? Hmm, how bout No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven. So we get out the monopoly money and I allot $100 to each of us. $1 ante, no blinds with an alternating button. If she wins all the money, we go swimming....
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
I s playing Monopoly too time-consuming?
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
I s playing Monopoly too time-consuming?
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Many of us remember as kids the joys of playing the board game Monopoly. Joys like zooming around Go in our car piece or – if we were the younger brother, with our thimble - and collecting $200. Joys like feeling our hearts warm when seeing our older brother “go to jail.” Joys like being naturally high after collecting the “Boardwalk” and “Park Place” spaces, erecting hotels on top, and waiting with...
Eye On Miami (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Herald says Florida lost 74,700 jobs: "At the heart of the problem is the falling housing market, upon which Florida's economy has a Monopoly game-like reliance." Governor Crist's Economist, Clyde Diao said "...if you count the District of Columbia, we're 51." Economists project a 78% decrease in housing construction in Florida since 2005. Remember, growth gone wild in our body is called cancer....
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
With a power shortage forecast to continue for months, a government minister Wednesday called on the distribution monopoly Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) to lift its game and urged citizens to economize their power use. Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang asked EVN to speed up the process of solving technical problems and rearrange its maintenance schedule. The Ministry of Industry and
Gear Live (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
We are seated for the Electronic Arts E3 2008 Media Briefing. We start the conference off right, with a montage of a ton of upcoming EA titles, focusing on some new sports titles, upcoming Sims releases, and a bunch of casual games like Monopoly, Boogie, and Operation (aw yeah!) Of course, Spore is also featured here as well. John Riccitiello hits the stage to talk about what EA has this afternoon...
Various and Sundry (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
We haven’t done a Flash Game of the Day in a while, have we? How about a puzzle game called “Open Doors,” then? I breezed through the first 7 levels. Now I seem to be slightly stuck. How embarrassing. How fair is Monopoly, mathematically? (See also this link dump for more on Monopoly game play.) The “GigaPan” [...]
iPod Reviews Blog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Play Monopoly on your iPod! The world's most popular board game comes to life with fun, animated tokens, and exciting, family-friendly gameplay. Use simple click-wheel controls to roll the dice, and buy, sell and trade properties.
