My brother and I both got really good at it. When playing against each other, we developed the strategy of taking an entire half to score a touchdown, waiting until time had run out on the clock to do so. That way the other player could not score in the same half.

We ended up with a lot of tied games.

Anyone have that Battlestar Galactica game? The first Cylon always came straight up the middle, so you just kept the firing thing in the middle and fired as soon as the game started, and you were guaranteed a 6 (or whatever) for killing the first Cylon.

I'm never going to understand why anyone would adulterate perfectly good banana bread with chocolate chips.

Because it tastes better that way. And far better than it tastes when filled with nuts or t ack! ptui! ruined by raisins.

I never really got good at the football game, because it was Something My Cousins Had and I only got to play it on vacation (other Things My Cousins Had: Atari. Cable TV. VCR. Commodore 64. Thank you, Uncle Bob, for being a total gadgethead!)

Instead, I got a Merlin ( [link] ), because it was fucking educational. And it was: it taught me that Tic Tac Toe gets really boring about 3 seconds after you figure out how to force a tie every time, ages before War Games came out.

Instead, I got a Merlin

We had that too. I remember liking it, but not for the Tic Tac Toe game. What were the other games it could play?

I still have my Merlin, and a few years ago I showed it to my nephew, as an example if the Electronic games I had growing up. He could not have thought it lamer.

I am starving. And I have totally failed at bringing my lunch this week, but that's mostly due to me barely having time to make dinner let alone cook extra food to bring to the office.

I'm not going to a concert for two whole days! Thank god. I need some naps.

We also had some sort of "guess the word" game. I don't remember what it was called or who made it, so I haven't found it at that site yet. It had a membrane keyboard with all the letters, and an oval-shaped display. Any ideas?

mac currently has a leapster and v-smile both of which are educational, but I think we may only have another 9-12 mos for them. There are games, specifically math ones for leapster that could stretch the use for a few more years, but that is only if he stay interested and will actually use it.

I still have my Merlin, and a few years ago I showed it to my nephew, as an example if the Electronic games I had growing up. He could not have thought it lamer.

Hee!

it taught me that Tic Tac Toe gets really boring about 3 seconds after you figure out how to force a tie every time, ages before War Games came out.

'Greetings, Professor Faulken. How about a nice game of chess?"