{"id":2825,"date":"2012-04-28T23:07:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T06:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2012-04-29T01:39:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T08:39:08","slug":"games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/games\/","title":{"rendered":"Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"My friend, Paul, wrote a blog post<\/a> recently of how he wastes<\/del> spends his time playing games on his iPad. <\/p>\n

It got me thinking… Growing up, I loved our family game nights: Sorry, Pit, Uno<\/em> and, of course, Nertz<\/em>. We played Nertz pretty fast at our house, but Nertz at Michelle’s was a serious, frenzied, “take no prisoners” affair. <\/p>\n

Then came Scrabble<\/em>, Risk<\/em>, Trivial Pursuit<\/em> and Pictionary<\/em>. And eventually computer games like the classic Kings Quest<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n

Loved them all…
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\n\"\"<\/a>But living alone my game life became a sad round of Solitaire… …do you hear the violins playing?
\n<\/em>
\nUntil the invention of the iPhone, that is. <\/p>\n

Imagine my joy and delight when Ashley introduced me to Words With Friends<\/a>\"icon\"<\/em>! I could now beat all my friends at online Scrabble from the comfort of my own home! LOL (Actually, I’ve got some very word-nerdy friends & family that give me a run for my money). <\/em><\/p>\n

Of course I still have solo games that I enjoy (until they drive me crazy) like Angry Birds, Boggle, Tetris, Hangman<\/em> and the ridiculously addictive Pocket Frogs<\/a>\"icon\"<\/em>. I love frogs in real life, and breeding these these animated amphibians has entertained me greatly! <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But game playing really is more fun with friends. In Bali with Brandon & family, and when Ashley\/Kennedy came to visit, we played Spot-It<\/em>. An ingenious little game that is fun for all ages. No mother’s purse should be without it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>While on her recent trip here, Ashley introduced me to Draw Something<\/a>\"icon\"<\/em>. O.M.G. My life is complete.<\/p>\n

It’s basically a game of Pictionary<\/strong>. Points are awarded, but they don’t really mean anything – the fun is in the drawing and the guessing. Though you can use those points to buy more colors of paint to make your drawings more interesting. I’m afraid I get a bit carried away<\/em> sometimes.<\/p>\n

Here is a picture I drew for J’Neil last week. Six letters… can you guess what it is? __ __ __ __ __ __<\/p>\n

\"\"So then there’s gaming where the potential prize at the end isn’t<\/em> a new colored pretend frog, or glares from the losers. My nephew Alex won several hundred dollars playing Bingo<\/em> on our Caribbean cruise 6 years ago, and won multiple times. Apparently, Bingo is not just for old ladies anymore! If you’re not sailing away on a cruise anytime soon, you could play some online bingo<\/a> with the Brits. <\/p>\n

I’ve been to the local Indian casinos a couple of times, but tend to quarantine myself in the nickle poker slots<\/em> while my companions play cards. I did spend some time at a craps table in Vegas a few years ago, but only because Craig and Kristin were there telling me what to do. I still don’t “get” craps.
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\n\"\"Lately my “gaming” for dollars has been limited to buying an occasional Powerball<\/em> or MegaMillions<\/em> ticket at the grocery store. Not much “game” involved, however, especially if you’re lazy like me and don’t pick your own numbers. I did win $150 once, right before Christmas. That was quite exciting. But winning even $1 is a rare thing. Perhaps it’s time for more Bingo. Just don’t play against Alex!<\/em><\/p>\n

Any guesses on the picture I drew? Any favorite old or new games to recommend? What games have you been playing – loving, hating, winning or losing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My friend, Paul, wrote a blog post recently of how he wastes spends his time playing games on his iPad. It got me thinking… Growing up, I loved our family game nights: Sorry, Pit, Uno and, of course, Nertz. We played Nertz pretty fast at our house, but Nertz at Michelle’s was a serious, frenzied, … Continue reading Games<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-entertainment","category-reminiscing","category-reviewsrecommendations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2825"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2874,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2825\/revisions\/2874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}