Fun Friday

The first name of the lady who checked me out at the grocery this morning is Deer. She's a Native American. The curious thing is that my German dialect last name translates to roughly 'venison.'

I was driving along this morning and noticed a sign at the entrance to a strip mall advertizing the businesses there in. Nothing particularly exceptional except that two of the signs that were together had the same font except that one was red and the other green. It occurred to me that if I were red-green color blind the sign would read quite clearly "Bug and Weed Grooming."


In honor of the new Potterverse movie, I'm going to talk about a Potterverse game that was released this year called Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle. While this kind of tie-in-with-mass-market-movie/book/TV-show game is often poorly done and not worth looking at, this particular game is both well thought out in terms of the tie-in to the subject and is a good game besides.( details )

Hogwarts Battle is a game best for adults, though it takes awhile to get it going at adult level. It encourages the players to play all seven games over time, something not everyone is going to have the patience for. It's certainly far too much game to experience it all in one sitting. It's fun, and at least spaced out over a few weeks real time, it doesn't get boring. I like the game quite a bit and recommend it to anyone that doesn't mind following instructions to get through complex games.

Only in Canada ( EVA )