Games

You end up learning a LOT.

THIS looks like a lot of fun for football fans!

When I was growing up in Auburn, we would often go to Pettingill Park and spend hours upon hours in the public playground. This past weekend, I went to a local playground with my friend and his young son and it dawned on my how much they have changed.

Free food, fun and family events. Bounce Houses, free groceries, dental checks, blood pressure checks, free cotton candy, hot dogs, popcorn. Live music and more. Jenn Dumond joined us this morning to talk about the event!

Well, the Windsor Fair is here. Since I was a kid, the fair has marked the end of summer, despite what the calendar says. Back to school, close the pool, store the boat, sell the goat. Okay, that last one was just complete the rhyming thing I had going.

Every morning Vikki and I hang out, sometimes we do puzzles and sometimes we play games, like Memory, her Minnie Mouse game or maybe Connect Four. We always have fun and she always wins. Is it alright to let a three-year-old win most of the time?

Explorer Marco Polo was born on this day, September 15, 1254, lived until 1324. To celebrate his birthday, check out this video.

Every school I know and have been around has a “zero tolerance” policy towards guns and this includes toy guns, so I have to agree with suspending the student for bringing a squirt gun to school. Yes, I’m referring to the story out of Lewiston High School where some students are playing a game called, “Assassin” with squirt guns.

So, you like wasting time on-line? Remember Pac-Man Google? Well here is something new to amuse the kids or yourself. It’s virtual Lego. It's Build With Chrome!

Google's Santa Tracker is back this year and it's extremely fun for everyone except those of us who might be "too cool" to enjoy the fun it offers. I had to pry myself away this morning...

According to the calendar of bizarre holidays, today December 20th is ‘National Games Day’ which got me thinking about what my favorite games are to play. With the possibility of power outages due to weather this maybe what we’ll all be doing over the weekend.

Once Mac Dickson started saying that fair season means the summer is ending, that's all I can think of. I remember though, not too many years ago, the Pittston Fair happened in late June, right after summer vacation started. Boy, summer must have seemed short to him back then!

You probably think of Monopoly as that excruciating board game you have to play with your family, unless your mom likes to make her nephews cry and it gets banned from the house (thanks, Mom!). It turns out it's not the Parker Bros.' fault that the game is so mind-numbingly dull -- it's yours. You've been playing it wrong all these years.

Remember Tamagotchi? The handheld digital pet, which you raised from an egg to an adult creature, was all the rage in the '90s. Now it's back, as an app.

The public has spoken and Monopoly will cast away the boring old iron token, a symbol of domestic housework from a simpler time (it's not even an electric iron), which has been included in the board game for almost 80 years. In its place will be a cat. Hey, are you really that surprised? The internet loves cats.

Which ones will stay and which one will go? 'Monopoly' will be replacing one of their iconic game pieces and you get to choose the new one. Hasbro is asking fans to vote on which of its eight game tokens should remain and which token should be retired. 'Monopoly' kicked off its 'Save Your Token' campaign this week letting players vote on-line.