Football Manager 2019 Ages 3+ Sega, $49.99 Sports video games let players experience their dreams of stardom. (A digital version of it, anyway.) But there's only one sports game I know of that actual professional teams use as part of their business, and that's the … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: Friday Night Lights
You have probably heard of the hit TV show Friday Night Lights. You may also know that Friday Night Lights was a movie before it was a TV show. But it was also a book before it was a movie, and a book that has been adapted into multiple different media is probably worth … [Read more...]
TIP Tries: Gloom
Gloom Ages 13+Atlas Games, $24.95 A friend gave me Gloom as a present a few years ago. I had no idea what to expect, because the premise is...out there. Your goal in this card game is to make your family as miserable as possible. That sounds pretty dark, and it is—but in … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: The House on Mango Street
We're looking at what makes you, you this month, and questions of identity are always questions about stories. Whose story gets told? How do you capture the messy, complicated nature of identity? What impact do race, gender, culture, and poverty have? That's why we're … [Read more...]
Review: Dixit
Dixit Ages 8+Libellud, $34.99 This review was submitted by Evangeline Jimenez, an eighth grader from Missouri. Dixit is a charming and beautifully illustrated game that I got for my birthday a few years back. My uncle gave it to me hoping I would enjoy it, and I very … [Read more...]
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