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Snakes and Ladders?

chutes and ladders in britain is called "snakes and ladders" and they have little snakes instead of slides.

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why is this? do they not have slides in britain? i've never been a big fan of slides, but it should be a basic childhood rite of passage. maybe they have them, but their crazy british name is too long to put on the box. i asked this british chick out in the commuter lounge and she gave me the nix on the no-slides theory. and which came first? the snake or the chute?

also. most of the versions i've seen of "snakes and ladders" seem to be lacking the moral suggestions (bake a cake, have a party! : break a window with a baseball, do yardwork to make the money up) that we've come to associate with our american version. and personally, i would associate snakes more than chutes with moral decline.

ah, what a crazy crazy world.

posted by Doug 2:46 PM

I hate this game.

Side Note: Patrick has been blogging well lately, and I feel I need to step up. Yesterday I took Kelly out for her 21st. Happy Birthday Kelly.

What have I been doing in lieu of blogging? If I were to tell you I've been hanging out with beautiful people, I would not be lying. If I were to tell you I've been going out and having a grand time putting off work, I would not be lying.

But I would also not be lying if I told you I was playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 at least four hours a day. What is it about the glory of video games that makes it that you can easily blow hours and hours on end without a second thought? I have been tearing it fucking up, but let me tell you, this game is hard as hell. THPS 2? Difficult to learn, but easy once you get the manualing down. THPS3? Revert system introduced, but really more of the same.

THPS4? Fucking Hardcore. Highest point request for 3? 400,000, and that was on the last fucking level. Not even halfway through the game, point request for level 4? 1,000,000 points.

And then there's the new "C-O-M-B-O" letters you have to pick up, where you have to string together a series of tricks, one after another across buildings and gaps and slides and shit. Easy hour gone, and a carpal tunnel seal of approval.

Somebody stop me, please.

posted by Doug 10:38 AM

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