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So Very Wrong About Games#352: Ascending Empires: Zenith EditionI was donating blood while wearing my Transformers Converse shoes, and two different phlebotomists commented positively about them. "We have won the cultural argument," I said, deliberately burying the lede that demographic destiny is probably the chief cause. I suspect that the same forces explain increased societal acceptance of toys, and board games are not immune. Thank goodness!Games Played Last Week:01:22 -Guards of Atlantis II Arcane Hero Pack (Artyom Nichipurov, Wolff Designa, 2024)07:56 -Creature Caravan (Ryan Laukat, Red Raven Games, 2024) 10:46 -Marvel Dice Throne Missions (Gavan Brown & Nate Chatellier, R...2025-03-181h 15So Very Wrong About Games#348: SETIColour nouns are essentially arbitrary; how one decides to chop up the visible spectrum of light is a matter of contingent taxonomy. Some languages have one noun for both blue and green, for example. English has a word for light red (pink) where other languages don't. Russian similarly has a word for light blue. And then there's magenta, which we can all agree is a scene and a half. Games Played Last Week:02:35 -Fruit Fight (Reiner Knizia, CMYK, 2025) 06:55 -Fives (Taiki Shinzawa, CMYK, 2025) 09:49 -Figment (Wolfgang Warsch, CMYK, 2025)12:49 -Du...2025-02-111h 04
CULT WATCH: A Cult Vault PodcastCult News Update 22nd July*Recorded LiveSources - https://www.yahoo.com/news/abuse-victim-makaha-church-elder-160200476.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFzaeFw-kag50NLTW2qbekJmwbCr1UKn2n6s52EHyr1GS8yp0Sg0n1HQ0NJpFKIHKoSq88OV2-R-xpnuzEfMU6r6pnPweSkrveBMTQ0-aqO451l39JYbBPYCJ8hbq_iP7-SRiPk63Sy2U95P_MQwOiBlFh5IMAi7ZKeYRz1dwQR7https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/21/c-of-e-vicar-michael-hall-spiritually-abused-parishioners-says-reporthttps://geektyrant.com/news/trailer-for-how-to-become-a-cult-leader-a-satirical-documentary-series-from-netflixhttps://nypost.com/2023/07/21/kevin-spaceys-lawyer-calls-sexual-assault-accusers-liars-during-closing-arguments/https://gcn.ie/belgium-bans-conversion-therapy/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fresnobee/name/regina-dederich-obituary?id=52513127 https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/man-jailed-for-appalling-coercive-control-and-assault-of-partner-following-appeal-1505279.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12323477/Stony-faced-Ryan-Giggs-watches-Salford-City-vs-West-Bromwich-Albion-match-girlfriend-Zara-Charles-days-prosecutors-dropped-domestic-violence-charges-against-him.htmlhttps://deadline...2023-07-2250 min