Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:03 am Post subject: Get out of jail free card needed.
Jedi Knight
Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 4941 Location: Bloomington, IL USA
I was at a company-sponsored after-hours social last night sitting with six OSI-model developers who happen to be in their mid-twenties. I made a humorous comment about needing a get out of jail free card after drawing a go directly to jail chance card.
All I heard were crickets: the PS4 generation has not played Monopoly. _________________ http://leanpub.com/IIB_Tips_and_Tricks
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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:17 am Post subject: Re: Get out of jail free card needed.
Jedi Council
Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 6339
lancelotlinc wrote:
...All I heard were crickets: the PS4 generation has not played Monopoly.
It will get worse - the next generation will probably wonder what keyboards are. _________________ It's puzzling, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this before...and it's hard to soar like an eagle when you're surrounded by turkeys.
Are you sure that they didn't understand the reference... ?
Maybe they just didn't find it funny.... ?
Monopoly is a terrible game unless you play it by the printed rules, which absolutely nobody does. If you play it by the printed rules, it's at least a short game.
Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 26093 Location: Texas, USA
mqjeff wrote:
Are you sure that they didn't understand the reference... ?
Or there was a lot of free social & they'd just gone glazed?
Maybe they just didn't find it funny.... ?
mqjeff wrote:
Perish the thought
It is a sobering moment when you make a reference to your childhood & your audience is too young to understand it. _________________ Honesty is the best policy.
Insanity is the best defence.
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