Comments on: Parenting: The Game http://blog.amhill.net/2007/06/27/parenting-the-game/ Because being grown up means buying all the Cadbury Eggs you want. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:55:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jmelissab http://blog.amhill.net/2007/06/27/parenting-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-138 jmelissab Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:24:04 +0000 http://blog.amhill.net/?p=154#comment-138 How about the academician "summer vacation" edition where the object of the academic player is to convince all the non-academic players that it's not a vacation at all? JMB How about the academician “summer vacation” edition where the object of the academic player is to convince all the non-academic players that it’s not a vacation at all?

JMB

]]> By: Jean http://blog.amhill.net/2007/06/27/parenting-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Jean Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:05:18 +0000 http://blog.amhill.net/?p=154#comment-136 how about the midlife crisis edition....comes with a little teeny tiny model sports car how about the midlife crisis edition….comes with a little teeny tiny model sports car

]]> By: Aaron http://blog.amhill.net/2007/06/27/parenting-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Aaron Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:15:36 +0000 http://blog.amhill.net/?p=154#comment-126 @Kelly: The "Gotta Catch 'em All" game would only be marketable in certain areas where the supply of the diseases is high (college towns) or the people don't care that winning is still really losing (big cities, third world countries, poverty-stricken neighborhoods, blue-bloods) @Jean: And don't forget the 20+ edition, except instead of there being a "child", it's just all "parents". @Kelly:
The “Gotta Catch ‘em All” game would only be marketable in certain areas where the supply of the diseases is high (college towns) or the people don’t care that winning is still really losing (big cities, third world countries, poverty-stricken neighborhoods, blue-bloods)

@Jean:
And don’t forget the 20+ edition, except instead of there being a “child”, it’s just all “parents”.

]]> By: Jean http://blog.amhill.net/2007/06/27/parenting-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Jean Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:57:14 +0000 http://blog.amhill.net/?p=154#comment-125 And then the 14 and over edition, where the "Wants" list expands to include: --Borrow the car --Stay out past midnight --Dating --The all purpose "everyone else is doing it" And Winning ... Oops. Forgot to include that in this version... And then the 14 and over edition, where the “Wants” list expands to include:

–Borrow the car
–Stay out past midnight
–Dating
–The all purpose “everyone else is doing it”

And Winning …
Oops. Forgot to include that in this version…

]]> By: Kelly (Zak's wife) http://blog.amhill.net/2007/06/27/parenting-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Kelly (Zak's wife) Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:40:41 +0000 http://blog.amhill.net/?p=154#comment-123 Mastermind couldn't possibly be as fun.. Unless it too includes vomiting, perhaps. We could start up a game company. Do you think our "gotta catch em' all" game is marketable? Mastermind couldn’t possibly be as fun.. Unless it too includes vomiting, perhaps. We could start up a game company. Do you think our “gotta catch em’ all” game is marketable?

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