Visited the new Connecticut Science Center

It’s a fine new science museum in Hartford, CT. We visited yesterday and had a pretty good time. It’s unique in that it’s a very “urban” museum. By this I mean it’s vertical. It’s like a skyscraper with a central bank of glass elevators. Each floor houses 1 or two fairly large exhibit rooms [...]

Review: World of Warcraft Trading Card Game

So I’ve constructed two different 60-card decks, two 40-card decks, and have played the game about 25 times. I think I’m ready to tell you what I think about the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.

A bit of background

As with many others who are playing or might be interested in the WoWTCG, [...]

Review: Gulo Gulo Family Boardgame

Gulo Gulo is a fun and extremely well balanced game for families with children.  The mechanics of the game itself, not luck, is what makes Gulo Gulo balanced when playing a game with kids and adults.  The fact that luck is only a tiny part of this game goes a long way in my [...]

Review: Max – Cooperative Family Boardgame

Max is a simple, cooperative boardgame where the players take on the role of three little animals (mouse, chipmunk, bird) attempting to get to their homes in a tree as Max (the cat) tries to catch them.  No reading is required.

After introducing myself to BGG, I ended up making a purchase from Funagain.com [...]

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

The first thought that popped into my head when thinking about how I felt about Revenge of the Sith was: “Finally, Lucas gives the people what they want.”

Here are some thoughts and complaints:

Complaints:

Pacing – This film moves at light speed for the most part, with the pace increasing as time marches [...]

Review of ABCs new series, Lost

Well, I decided to start into a new TV series last night… ABCs new Jurassic/Dark Angel/Castaway series, “Lost”. I’m not a TV watcher at all really, but this one caught my interest.

I’m not sure what to make of it yet. The first episode doesn’t really give you much to go by in [...]

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