How nicely ironic of you to suggest that this style of journalism began with Wired. It, too, has been around for centuries. Victorian-era journalism was great for H.G. Wells-esque newswriting. Or 1950s space-age journalism, where the future is now, and the past is irrelevant.
Anyone else remember these? The kind of crap games you'd get as birthday presents from adults who thought Pong was too violent and regular board games were too competitive. They're great fun now, however....
My favorite: Blacks and Whites, a game sort of like Monopoly, but designed "to give middle-class whites a taste of the helplessness which comes from living against implacable odds." Rules include:
"Black players use the strips of black-power paper to mark the property they buy, thus marking the decline of white domination."
"When a black player goes bankrupt, he goes on welfare and collects $5,000 from each white player."
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How nicely ironic of you to suggest that this style of journalism began with Wired. It, too, has been around for centuries. Victorian-era journalism was great for H.G. Wells-esque newswriting. Or 1950s space-age journalism, where the future is now, and the past is irrelevant.
My favorite: Blacks and Whites, a game sort of like Monopoly, but designed "to give middle-class whites a taste of the helplessness which comes from living against implacable odds." Rules include:
"Black players use the strips of black-power paper to mark the property they buy, thus marking the decline of white domination."
"When a black player goes bankrupt, he goes on welfare and collects $5,000 from each white player."
Check out the full rules here.