Game Night at Nathalie's

Game Night from Nathalie Babineau-Griffiths on Vimeo.  Nathalie did a time lapse, I was sitting near the camera. We played Dominion, Munchkin and more Dominion.

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Games as Liturgy?

It was probably the photo shoot of a chess game in an old church that got me thinking of games as a form of Liturgy.

Games structure our interaction
We take turns, move icons

There are moments of passion
Moments or contemplation

House rules and orthodoxy vary

Cheats are known to be common
but we play on

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Tron vs. Depeche Mode

A treat for your inner child of the 80's. I'm also a fan of Armagetron Advanced a free game "that attempts to emulate and expand on the lightcycle sequence from the movie Tron."

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Blokus as a party game

"Blokus is an abstract strategy board game for two to four players" - Wikipedia. Played it last night with eight players, two players per colour with no table talk allowed. It got quite intense and was quite the hit. We played two rounds.

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Blokus Online

Sarah, Kim and I have been enjoying Blokus Online, oddly we have the board game but still prefer the online version.

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Portal

Played Portal on the weekend and finished yesterday. The video gives you a bit of an idea what it is about and it won't. It will capture the puzzle aspect of game but I don't think it captures the creepy humor. The game is narrated by an AI with emotional issues. It's done brilliantly. Funniest AI since Marvin the Paranoid Robot. So play for the unique puzzles and stay for the final AI swan song.

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Venture the Void Ships

Venture the Void is the six year labour of love of my good friend Calvin. A mix of classic text games and 3D goodness. Congrats Calvin.

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Anyone for a game of Power Grid?

My sister gave me Power Grid for Christmas, cause I work for the AESO, we run the grid in Alberta, and cause its won some awards. We played a game while in Edmonton and it 's quite good. It's a strategy, resource optimization game. It plays up to six people, anyone up for a game on Saturday night? If so let me know in the comments or drop me a line.

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