sad on a number of levels
Pull quotes out of this article that are instantly depressing:
- "a DVD game that quizzes players on scandals, celebrities and fashion trends" -- because that's what I love to pay attention to more than anything else in life.
- "As a society, our attention span is getting shorter and shorter," Fast said. "People don't want to invest an hour and a half in a game waiting for turns. You can wait six to seven minutes for a turn." -- the horror!
- "The time required for a traditional board game is an hour. We came up with the concept of a snack. We identify that most people today just don't have discretionary time." -- and we as a society wonder why we have maladjusted kids and a raft of work-related nervous disorders.
- "It's sad, but we just don't take time to roll the dice anymore. DVD games work because you can just pop it in and play." -- Yikes. What kind of supercharged lifestyle do you lead where you don't have the time to roll DICE?
- "The majority of the top-selling items remain classic games such as Life, Monopoly, Uno, Connect Four and Candyland." -- I think my special version of hell would be being forced to play Candyland. On goddamn TV.