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Wayne Brady, Bill Maher and The Problem With What Black Manhood Means to NON-Black People
Comedian Wayne Brady went on a very public tirade about recent comments made by fellow comedian Bill Maher, for making oft-color jokes about his blackness.
Brady, probably best known for his role on the comedy sketch show, "Whose Line Is It Anyway," blasted the "Real Time" funnyman for referring to President Obama as "your Wayne Brady." The implication, of course, is that Obama isn't black enough – at least from Maher's perspective – just like Wayne Brady. Speaking with Aisha Tyler on her podcast, Brady said, "I've had Bill Maher twice now when referencing Obama…he's like 'yeah, with your Wayne Brady'…so that means it's a diss to Obama to be called me because he wants a brother brother."
Brady also took the time to point out that Maher shouldn't claim to know Black folks as he says, "just because you f–k black hookers." *side eye* He also added that he would "gladly slap the sh!t out of Bill" to prove just how black he is: "…I'd get sued and lose my house and it's not worth it for me. But the black man part of me would be so satisfied to slap the sh!t out of him in front of Cocoa and Ebony and Fox, the three ladies of the night that he has hired."
Okay, I'll say it: Does Wayne Brady have to choke a b***h?
I love it when television and reality clash into the perfect meme inducing moment. Anyway, this is serious for Brady. After years of being clowned as the non-threatening black man, he is ready to start swinging, quite literally, on those who question his blackness. From what I gathered from previous stories, Brady has long had to battle the notion that his mild-mannered persona is in contrast to the ideal nature of typical black masculinity. Paul Mooney once joked in his classic Dave Chappelle Show Negrodamus sketch that "White people love Wayne Brady, because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X."
In an interview, Brady would reveal that while we all thought it was funny, Brady was less than amused, especially when white kids use Mooney's quote to get his attention via Twitter. It bothered Brady so much that he would confront both Chappelle and Mooney about the skit and that is what eventually led to the whole classic, I'm Wayne Brady, B***h sketch.
In the same interview, Brady goes on to say, "I get offended from a bigger level, in the fact of black people, we are one of the only races that I feel, if someone is judged as not being black enough, no matter how well they're doing, the thought isn't, "Hey, look how good that brother's doing, and he represents us, and if he can get in that door, we can get in that door." People take it to be, "Ugh, look at him. He only got there because white people put him on. Listen to how he talks. He's not hard, he doesn't do this, he's a square."
I get where Brady is coming from. I hear that same sentiment thrown around casually not only in our communities but also among some white folks, like Maher, who usually say it to express their displeasure that a particular black man is not politically aggressive enough. In some folks' mind, it is a given that any black leader is supposed to be reeking with all sort of menacing yet cool anti-establishment aggression, directed towards white people. Black men are supposed to be cool ladies men (and/or pimps) like Black Dynamite. He is supposed to walk like George Jefferson and have the unapologetic righteous bravado of H. Rap Brown. I'm talking about the kind of black cool which makes old white people cross the street upon fear that they might be on the receiving end of a strong hand just for being white. And those black men, who lack that certain rough and tough exterior, are instantly concluded as non-threatening Negroes.
Of course, like every stereotype, there is some truth to the troupe. In fact there are a number of celebrities and political figures, who have completely bought into the same power structure, which seeks to disempower us as a community, in order to ascend into the higher rungs of society. If we are being honest, there are probably a few people that instantly come to your mind. However, not every square can be, or should be, considered a non-threatening black man.
When we watch the images of Black men in pop culture, we see clearly how black men have been reduce to a single definition of manhood, which includes how aggressive they are, the size of their balls, and their ability to play cool. In essence, that perception of black manhood has become the alter-ego to non-black folks across the globe, who, on occasion, fantasize about a contrast to their homogenous existence. And there is no better contrast to white than black. Sort of like a young boy's fascination with Clark Kent/Superman but instead of a white guy in a red cape, they dream of Shaft.
Folks like director Quentin Tarantino have long expressed infatuation with black manhood, which can be seen in films like Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and yet again in the soon-to-be released Django Unchained. Even places where the black population probably is mostly reserved to military bases, the mainstream perception of black manhood is very much evident. This too is illustrated in the new Japanese feature film called Afro Tanaka, which is about a Japanese loser with messy hair who only gains respect from his peers after growing a gloriously big Afro and assuming the "traits" of a black man.
As I have mentioned before, what we see in the media does influence reality. And unfortunately, there are many black men who willingly play the role of aggressors because it is what they too have been lead to believe are their roles as men. Real men. The irony in Brady's situation is that in order to prove himself and have his version of black masculinity taken seriously, he too had to embody the aggressive black man stereotype, down to the threats of violence and the disrespect of black women (i.e., the black hooker remark). I would say that without even opening his mouth, Maher has already won this battle.
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Investigator describes personal purchases Nate Cain ordered with state money
Testimony has continued at the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Alexandria for the trial of Nate Cain, the former warden of the Avoyelles Correctional Center.
Cain is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 17 counts of wire fraud. He is being represented by John McLindon out of Baton Rouge. Assistant U.S Attorneys Luke Walker and David Ayo are prosecuting the case for the government.
Most of Tuesday's testimony consisted of the same witness who kicked off testimony for the government, Nicole Compton, an investigator with the Inspector General's Office.
Compton and Walker went through a series of request for purchase (RFP) orders and receipts that Compton said were made at the request of Cain for his personal use. Several of the orders were initialed by Cain.
Some of the items were purchased using Jodie Bordelon's state issued p-card on behalf of Cain. Bordelon worked in the business office and was one of Tonia Bandy Cain's best friends. Bandy Cain has already pleaded guilty in the case and is expected to testify against her ex-husband.
According to Compton, Cain had an affinity for purchasing gun parts.
"They were purchased as parts and assembled into guns," she said.
When a RFP is filled out, a three person approval process must take place. However, Compton noted in many cases, the items were purchased before the purchase order was made. The gun parts were tracked to Cain's home and not part of the weapons in the prison armory.
"They didn't use lucid sights on their weapons," Compton said of one of the items purchased for personal use. In some cases, invoices ran upwards of $1,500.
During the approval process, after Bordelon's card was used, often Laura Desselle, who worked in the business office, would stamp off, as would Bandy Cain and Paul Gaspard, a deputy warden. In some cases, Cain's name was listed under the approval process.
Compton described the parts that Cain would order as being mainly "uppers." She said Cain would often purchase "lowers" with his own money, because lowers had serial numbers, alluding to the fact that this was done to conceal the purchases.
Some of the weapons that were built were later resold or traded for items, according to Compton.
The purchases didn't stop with gun parts, Compton testified that she was able to find purchase orders and receipts for everyday personal items like tires, laundry detergent and pet supplies.
"I was able to determine that's not the way it's purchased for prison dogs," said Compton, referencing that the pet supplies were purchased for family pets and not prison dogs.
When it came to cleaning supplies, Compton said it would be unusual for Bordelon to purchase those items because it wasn't her job responsibility.
"This wouldn't be normal, Jodie didn't purchase cleaning supplies," she said.
Some of the other items Compton said she was able to trace included TVs, more than $250 worth of K-Cups, more than $100 worth of Glade plug-ins, and Beats by Dre headphones.
Photos were taken inside the Cain residence during a search warrant after they had already left the property and did not include photos of a ranch house that was being built near the front gate.
Compton also found receipts for furniture that was purchased on a p-card. She also explained that the prices would also be reworked to keep items under $1,000 to prevent them from being tagged and inventoried as prison property.
For instance, a children's pink princess chair was marked as $500 and a sectional set, which retailed for more than $1,300, was marked as $999. Compton said the money from one product was rolled over to another to conceal the cost.
During cross examination, McLindon pushed back on some of the items that were allegedly ordered by Cain. He specifically asked if there were any regulations from the Department of Corrections about which brand names you can buy, pointing to pricey Yeti coolers that were seized.
"No," said Compton to the question. "I think they want you to exercise caution."
McLindon also asked if Compton was aware that coolers were used around the prison because there was no air conditioning. He also asked her if she knew if Cain had already owned some of the coolers prior. Compton said it was "possible."
McLindon asked Compton if, other than perishables, there was anything that the state did not have in its possession right now. Compton said a lot of it was left behind at the house. Later on, she said a gun safe that was bought with a p-card was left behind full of guns, but it was locked and they had to call someone to break the lock and seize the items inside.
McLindon pointed out that there were no state laws at the time prohibiting the warden from buying furniture for his house. Compton said there were no specific rules as to furniture, but the rules were that purchases had to benefit the Department of Corrections and the state.
After a lunch break, questioning continued about headphones that were purchased.
"Those headphones...some were purchased with Jodie Bordelon's card, some with Andrea Bordelon's, Deborah Gauthier...Andrea Bordelon and Gauthier advised Nate would borrow their p-cards. I believe many things were purchased...including headphones," she said.
As far as the grocery items that were purchased using state money, McLindon asked if Compton had knowledge that Cain was even home when the groceries came in.
"No. I don't," Compton testified.
Testimony continued after Compton wrapped up with Laura Desselle.

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Access Denied: Sexual Victimization of Juveniles in Correctional Facilities - How Senate Bill 585 Could Have Helped
The right to counsel is a fundamental right, one the framers of our Constitution intended to apply to all American citizens. Virginia statutes and case law have protected the rights of incarcerated adults and it is now time to grant those same protections to the juveniles in their custody. Part II of this comment will review the requirement of a prisoner's right to "meaningful access" to the courts from both an adult and juvenile's perspective. An examination of jurisprudence from the Supreme Court of the United States, and Circuit Courts, reveals the history and importance of "meaningful access" and shows how different courts have applied the right. Part III will discuss how Virginia has interpreted "meaningful access" in the context of adult prisoners, Senate Bill 585 will also be evaluated and compared to similar statutes in other states. Part IV will discuss how in light of the exposure of sexual abuse in correctional facilities, Senate Bill 585 is critical legislation that could help keep children protected and give a voice to the victims. An examination of federal statutes and standards also shed light on what could and should be done in Virginia to keep juveniles in the State's custody free from sexual abuse.
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Access Denied: Sexual Victimization of Juveniles in Correctional Facilities - How Senate Bill 585 Could Have Helped,
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This one just hit our inbox. Looks like HP's got an webOS-focused announcement brewin' up for February 9th. It's not the surprise mid-CES announcement that some (not us) were predicting — but given how noisy CES is looking to be, that's almost certainly for the better. We will, of course, be there.
"Think Big"? webOS Tablet(s)!
"Think Small"? New webOS Phones!
"Think Beyond"? Uh.. webOS-powered Buzz Lightyear dolls!
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Mixture-Averse Preferences and Heterogeneous Stock Market Participation
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Date Written: September 9, 2016
To study intertemporal decisions under risk, we develop a new recursive model of non-expected-utility preferences. The main axiom of our analysis is called mixture aversion, as it captures a dislike of probabilistic mixtures of lotteries. Our representation for mixture-averse preferences can be interpreted as if an individual optimally selects her risk attitude from some feasible set. The representation includes special cases where the choice of risk attitude takes the form of an optimal selection of a reference point. We analyze the implications of the model for both insurance and investment decisions. The main application of the paper shows that mixture-averse preferences can generate endogenous heterogeneity in equilibrium stock market participation, even when consumers have identical preferences and even among wealthy households.
Keywords: Mixture Aversion, Optimal Risk Attitude, Reference Point, Stock Market Participation, Equity Premium Puzzle
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Archive for September, 2017
None of Your Business
California may be the second state to allow denizens to list "X" as their gender on government documents. I first heard about this when a self-described libertarian posted it in outrage. This particular libertarian is socially conservative so I can't say that I was surprised that he was upset about this. However, I appreciate this change and believe many other libertarians should:
Libertarians—even those just fine with the gender binary and their place in it—should celebrate the change. It allows people more choice about how to define themselves in a way that is noncoercive and decreases government control.
Should D.C. ever give residents the option to essentially delist their sex/gender from their driver's license, I would do it. (At least, you know, the next time my license is up for renewal or if there was some sort of online option; I'm not crazy enough to subject myself to the Department of Motor Vehicles any more than necessary.) And I would hope anarchist, libertarian, and limited-government-supporting types of any sex or gender might do the same.
There is no good reason the state, its representatives, and the countless people tasked with checking IDs for one reason or another need to know every individual's gender or sex.
Even socially conservative libertarians should be able to appreciate the ability to opt out of having information printed on government documentation. There's no reason why government documents should list a gender. Ideally there wouldn't be any government documents but if there are going to be such documents then they should contain, at most, a unique identifier and maybe a picture (only because so many services want to see a picture ID). When you're pulled over, for example, for driving faster than the arbitrarily selected limit, the officer doesn't need to know anything about you. They only need a unique identifier to give the person in charge of mailing the extortion fee so they can look up where to send the ticket.
Judges and Science
With all the talk about the importance of science you would think debunked forensic science would receive more coverage. Forensic science can literally be a life or death matter in some states for some crimes. Unfortunately, the courts are setup in such a way that the validity of forensic techniques is not determined by researchers in the field but by men in magic muumuus:
Giannelli, who served on President Barack Obama's now-disbanded National Commission on Forensic Science, looks at how six forensic fields for which there is little to no supporting scientific research (or in some cases, that scientific research has discredited) — bite-mark comparison, arson, microscopic hair analysis, firearms and toolmark analysis, fingerprint analysis, comparative bullet-lead analysis. These fields vary in scientific credibility and probative value from little to none (bite-mark comparison and bullet-lead analysis) to possibly valuable, though the extent of which is still unproven (fingerprint analysis).
But it's quite a bit worse than that. The fact is, judges continue to allow practitioners of these other fields to testify even after the scientific community has discredited them, and even after DNA testing has exonerated people who were convicted, because practitioners from those fields told jurors that the defendant and only the defendant could have committed the crime. In the few fields where the courts have finally admitted that they got it wrong, for the most part there has been little effort to systematically review all of the cases that those mistakes may have affected. It has largely been left to defense attorneys and nonprofit legal groups to find those defendants and file claims on their behalf.
Of course, none of this should be surprising. We don't ask judges to perform regression analyses. We don't ask them to design sewer systems, hit fastballs or compose symphonies. We know they aren't qualified to do any of those things. Judges are trained to perform legal analysis. No one goes to law school to become a scientist.
Judges should not be expected or even allowed to decide what types of forensic science are valid and what types are invalid. They lack the training and the background to determine such things. However, I'd hazard a guess that few in the legal system have any interest in putting qualified people in charge since that would likely reduce conviction rates and therefore cut into the State's profits.
Communication Breakdown
When you're filming on location it's wise to contact the local law enforcers to let them know. It's also a smart idea to request an officer onsite during the filming. Why would I suggest voluntarily interacting with the police? Because, in the case of on location filming, it could avoid a situation like this:
Police in Indiana fired a gunshot at a man who they thought was a thief on Tuesday, but was actually just an actor playing one.
The incident occurred after Indiana State Police responded to the scene of a possible robbery at Backstep Brewing Co. in Crawfordsville, Indiana, according to Fox 8 Cleveland.
When actor Jim Duff exited the building, wearing a ski mask and holding a gun, police reportedly thought he was the suspect they were looking for.
My guess is that either the film crew didn't alert the local law enforcers that they would be filming there or they did inform the local law enforcers but that information didn't communicated down the chain. Having a local law enforcer present could have prevented this since when the other officers arrived at the scene a known individual could have informed them that the "robbery" was being shot for a movie.
There are no absolute rules in the universe. While I normally recommend against voluntarily interacting with law enforcers, there are circumstances where doing so may be the less bad option.
You Can't Control Anything Outside of Yourself
If I had a dollar for every time I heard a communist claim that real communism hasn't been tried, I'd be sitting on a mega yacht in the middle of the ocean drinking scotch that is older than I am instead of sitting in front of my computer. But there is a lesson to be learned from communist countries and, really, everybody successful movement in history. Those who advocate for something generally have an idealistic view of it. Communists, for example, probably see a future where nobody is hungry, everybody has a home, and inequality is a thing of the past. It's actually a pretty wonderful fantasy. Unfortunately, nobody can control things outside of themselves.
If you read the writings of many of the United States' founders, you'll realize that there was significant disagreement on many points. One faction, the smarter faction in my opinion, wanted a federal government that couldn't even collect taxes whereas the other faction wanted a powerful federal government. While each founder had their view of an ideal country, none of them got everything they wanted.
The problem with movements of any kind is that your vision will never match the result. This is because you're a cog in a great machine and as a cog you will have limited control. Even if you manage to attain a position of power within a movement, you can't control how others execute your orders. You may be the Dear Leader of a great communist utopia and have the best intentions in mind but your underlings may be secretly building gulags and offing everybody who looked at them wrong in high school. You could be the founder of a new country with the intention of keeping the newly formed government as small as possible but your fellow revolutionaries may be putting together the foundation for a massive, tyrannical government behind your back.
I gave up on movements quite some time ago after realizing that the result will never match my vision. Instead I'm focusing on myself. I'm working to make myself freer, stronger, smarter, wealthier, and otherwise better. Unlike my time working in movements, I've actually had a great deal of success in pursuing my personal goals because I am in full control of all the actors that matter: me, myself, and I.
You can't control the actions of others but you can control your own actions. Needless to say, if you want to actually accomplish something you have to do it yourself so you might as well do something that directly benefits you instead of something that you believe will benefit others (others, I might add, who you have no right to decide what is beneficial for).
Secession is Good for the Soul
I've written about Catalonia's strive for independence from Spain on several occasions. But Catalonia isn't the only region trying to break away from a larger government. The Kurds in northern Iraq are also trying to break away from Iraq:
People living in northern Iraq voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence for the Kurdistan Region in Monday's controversial referendum.
The electoral commission said 92% of the 3.3 million Kurds and non-Kurds who cast their ballots supported secession.
The announcement came despite a last-minute appeal for the result to be "cancelled" from Iraq's prime minister.
As with every vote related to independence, this vote isn't binding. But it does show the amount of support in northern Iraq for independence, which will hopefully give proponents for secession more motivation and hope.
Rejoice for Mozilla is Trying Again
Some time ago I switched from Firefox to Chrome. While I far prefer Firefox in many regards, it's performance had become so bad that I couldn't realistically use the browser anymore (the entire browser would grind to a halt if, for example, I had Amazon open in a tab). At the time it seems like Mozilla's only mission was to copy as much of Chrome's user interface as possible but not bother with the important parts that make Chrome desirable.
It seems like the people at Mozilla finally realized that their strategy wasn't a winning one because they finally put Mozilla Quantum in beta. I'm happy to say that the beta version of Firefox is fast. Damned fast. While shifting to a multiprocess in the current release of Firefox did help with performance, the changes made in Quantum have significantly boosted performance. On top of that, Mozilla has finally enabled U2F in Firefox's nightly builds, which means we should see U2F support in the near future.
I'm glad to see that Mozilla is back in the game. While Chrome is a very good browser, I want to keep my Google footprint as small as possible because I don't like its business model of surveilling users. I also don't want to see a return to the dark days where one browser, at the time Internet Explorer, held an almost unshakeable monopoly.
I Disagree
It's no secret that the people living in the United States of America are becoming more polarized. People increasingly refuse to even entertain the possibility that their ideas may not be the only correct ideas. What makes this matter especially bad is that there appears to be an inverse correlation between polarization and disagreement. As a population becomes more polarized, it seems to become less willing to entertain disagreement:
To listen and understand; to question and disagree; to treat no proposition as sacred and no objection as impious; to be willing to entertain unpopular ideas and cultivate the habits of an open mind — this is what I was encouraged to do by my teachers at the University of Chicago.
It's what used to be called a liberal education.
That habit was no longer being exercised much 30 years ago. And if you've followed the news from American campuses in recent years, things have become a lot worse.
According to a new survey from the Brookings Institution, a plurality of college students today — fully 44 percent — do not believe the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects so-called "hate speech," when of course it absolutely does. More shockingly, a narrow majority of students — 51 percent — think it is "acceptable" for a student group to shout down a speaker with whom they disagree. An astonishing 20 percent also agree that it's acceptable to use violence to prevent a speaker from speaking.
These attitudes are being made plain nearly every week on one college campus or another.
Rhetoric and debate are being replaced by religious zeal. An increasing number of Americans appear to be holding their beliefs as infallible scripture. If you disagree with their beliefs, you are seen as a heretic and may find yourself excommunicated or even attacked.
Discussion and debate were once considered a cornerstone of education. You were expected to hold your beliefs because evidence had lead you to them and you were therefore also expected to be able to defend your beliefs from critics using the art of debate. In modern times you are expected to have faith in the beliefs dictated to you by your "betters." Since people who hold beliefs because they were told to do so have not actually researched their beliefs thoroughly, many people today are unable to debate and thus resort to other tactics, which are sometimes violent.
Admittedly, part of me looks forward to the televised death matches that are the logical conclusion of this polarization. However, I'm already weary of every minor disagreement resulting in screaming matches or physical fights.
War is Good for Business
War is good for business. At least if you're on the waging side. It's probably not so good for those on the invaded side. But who can bring themselves to care about them when we're talking about numbers like this:
BOSTON, Sept. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Force modernization will be one of the primary factors underpinning growth in global defense spending, driven by unprecedented developments in autonomous systems, missile, space and cyber-electronic warfare, and other technologies. Strategy Analytics: The Strategy Analytics Advanced Defense Systems (ADS) service report, "Global Defense Spending Outlook 2016-2026," forecasts the global defense budget will grow to $2.41 trillion in 2026, with the opportunities available to industry growing at a CAGR of 3.5% to reach $771 billion.
Force modernization, if it follows in the footsteps of the F-35, will involve a great deal of money. However, there will be little to show for that money. The F-35, for example, still has problems reliably delivering oxygen to pilots even though it has cost over $1 trillion. Imagine the same thing happening with other military equipment. If we look at the raw numbers alone, it'll be amazing economic growth!
Unfortunately, all of the resources invested in "force modernization" cannot be allocated to productive uses like new manufacturing plants, office buildings, and research and development for new consumer products.
Cash is King
I'm a rare bird amongst my friends because I always have some cash on hand. In this day of credit cards, Apple Pay, Bitcoin, and other forms of electronics payments, cash seems antiquated. However, when the power grid and Internet connectivity become unreliable, all of those forms of electronic payments cease to function:
In post-hurricane San Juan on Monday, commerce picked up ever so slightly. With a little effort, you could get the basics and sometimes more: diapers, medicine, or even a gourmet hamburger smothered in fried onions and Gorgonzola cheese.
But almost impossible to find was a place that accepted credit cards.
"Cash only," said Abraham Lebron, the store manager standing guard at Supermax, a supermarket in San Juan's Plaza de las Armas. He was in a well-policed area, but admitted feeling like a sitting duck with so many bills on hand. "The system is down, so we can't process the cards. It's tough, but one finds a way to make it work."
The cash economy has reigned in Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria decimated much of the U.S. commonwealth last week, leveling the power grid and wireless towers and transporting the island to a time before plastic existed. The state of affairs could carry on for weeks or longer in some remote parts of the commonwealth, and that means it could be impossible to trace revenue and enforce tax rules.
I believe that it's important to always have a backup plan. While we enjoy mostly reliable power and Internet connectivity here in the United States, the infrastructure that provides those assets is only a natural disaster away from not functioning. Having cash on hand gives you an option if the infrastructure is damaged.
Selective Collectivism
One of the most fascinating characteristics of collectivists is how they tended to individualize bad ingroup behavior and good outgroup behavior but collectivize good ingroup behavior and bad outgroup behavior.
Let's use a supporter of the Democratic Party (party chosen at the flip of a coin) for an example.
If another member of the Democratic Party commits murder, our hypothetical supporter will likely be quick to point out that that murderer is a bad apple and not typical of democrats in general. If another member of the Democratic Party gives money to a homeless man, our hypothetical supporter will likely point out that that charitable individual is proof of the good acts of the Democratic Party.
If a member of the Republican Party commits murder, our hypothetical supporter will likely be quick to accuse the Republican Party of not doing enough to distance itself from the murderer and therefore everybody in that party is tacitly supporting the murderer. If a member of the Republican Party gives money to a homeless man, our hypothetical supporter will likely point out that that charitable individual is an exception and that the Republican Party in general hates the poor.
We see this everyday. How many Christians point out that the misdeeds of a handful of Christians aren't representative of Christianity but then imply or outright claims that Islam is a religion of violence because a handful of Muslims commit violent acts? How many Americans continue to excuse the terrible acts of the country's politicians as the acts of a few bad apples who aren't representative of America as a whole but then collectivize all North Koreans because of the acts of the country's leader?
Collectivists tend to be selective. They want all of the good credit for their side and all of the bad credit to the other side, which leads to a significant amount of philosophical inconsistency.


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yeah it's not their best song for sure.WOW!!!! That really sucked.
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Any excuse to post a pic of Mikie Hara.
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Tips and Tricks When Towing a Boat
Don't know the basics when it comes to towing a boat? We've got you covered.
With the rise in temperatures (100 to sometimes over 110 degrees) your mind may drift to images of relaxing by the lake or river. With the heat of summer, many families take part in the classic Arizona practice of towing their boat to a nearby marina.
But with great power comes great responsibility when it comes to owning a boat. As boat owners know, learning how to drive a trailer alone is difficult, but there a few tips and tricks we gathered that will help make trailer travel, in general, a bit smoother.
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Don't be afraid to utilize a good list. Checking "to-do's" off of a list can help give you peace of mind. It's simple enough to do. With so many apps and websites to help you out, there is bound to be a checklist tool you'll like. Replacing the drain plug, checking the tire pressure on your trailer and securing the boat's motor in the upright position may sound simple, but can easily be forgotten.
Increase in Weight
Towing a boat is heavy and can weigh down your car, but add in multiple coolers, chairs and more, and you have a car that is weighed down more than usual. Keep this in mind when merging and turning corners.
Braking Will Take More Time
Sounds simple enough, right? Well considering how much weight is now in the back of your vehicle it's easy to forget that it will take much longer to stop safely. Keeping a longer than normal distance between you and the car in front can be the difference between a great family outing and missing out on the fun entirely. Better to be safe on your drive than sorry!
Hands at 7 and 5
10 and 2 won't help you as much as putting your hands on the steering wheel at 7 and 5. By repositioning your hands there, you'll be able to steer the trailer exactly where you want without having to over think. Turn the wheel toward the passenger door, and the trailer will go to the right. Turn the wheel toward the driver side door, and the trailer will go left.
There are a ton of tips and tricks online to follow when it comes to owning a boat and what to do when you drive a trailer. We encourage you and your family to check out all the articles you can and stay safe this summer! Most importantly, if you recently purchased a new watercraft, give us a call to make sure you're covered before hitting the water.


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Johannes Vermeer is a fascinating painter whose life and works are explored here in amazing detail. Filmed in London's National Gallery, New York's Met and other galleries in the USA and the Netherlands, this stunning film delves into a breath-taking collection of Vermeer's finest pieces and delivers a detailed biography of the artist, his life and times.
An exposition of period musical pursuits is blended with the art of Vermeer and his contemporaries. Live music from the Academy of Ancient Music serves as a beautiful soundtrack to the wonderful sight of Vermeer's paintings.
Tim Marlow, world-renowned art historian and broadcaster, guides us through the artwork and delivers a first-rate biography of Vermeer. He invites comments from leading fine art authorities and from Tracy Chevalier, whose best-selling novel, inspired by Vermeer, was made into the block buster movie, Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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More than 160,000 people died or disappeared in northern Sumatra on December 26, 2004, when towering waves battered the coast.
Tens of thousands more perished in a dozen countries surrounding the Indian Ocean.
With the help of international donors and aid organizations, Indonesia has built more than 100,000 houses to replace those destroyed in the disaster.
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Indonesia's Aceh province, which was hardest hit by the earthquake and the tsunami that followed, also faces challenges from its past. A bloody separatist conflict raged there for 30 years before the tsunami hit.
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Board James: Key to the Kingdom
James / June 10th, 2011
June 10, 2011 at 11:08 pm
Hell Yeah!
March 20, 2015 at 8:25 am
Ahhh… It does look insanely fun!
June 10, 2011 at 11:10 pm
Apple Hat!ScratchButt
June 10, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Havent even watched it yeah but im so excited to see this return, shortly after the teenag mutant ninja turtle board games, i was really hoping to see this series make a return! after working a 9 hour shift only to get up in the morning for another 9 hours of work at 8am, this made my night. thanks and keep it up!benjigoenitz
June 10, 2011 at 11:15 pm
WOAA, Board Jame is back ;D!!!
June 10, 2011 at 11:17 pm
I do have to admit, I owned this as a child, wasn't the game I wanted, it was that one game you did that was D&D based, but never less, I spent many hours of fun with this one game. I wish I knew what had happened to it though. I haven't seen it in years.
June 10, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Ah, another fine installment of board James! I really love this series.
This game actually looks like it'd be very fun to try out. Lots of really imaginative aspects, particularly those monster cards. Though the mechanics do seem a little complicated. I wonder if it would be fun to play more than once or if it would get old fast?
Anyway great work as always James! 🙂
June 10, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Yes, a new Board James! Awesome work!
June 10, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Awe made my balls sweat, and my ass cry i missed thisMurray Ass
June 10, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Hey guys! Yay! Finally some new content that's good! Great to see you getting back to your good stuff. Yours truly, Murray "Mhan" Ass
June 10, 2011 at 11:23 pm
LOL the Demon King looks like the knights who say NI
Anyone else see that?
June 10, 2011 at 11:29 pm
I only play this a few times an my cousin's house but it was lots of fun. A few years back I acquired it for myself as an adult.MarcusOrlyus
June 10, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Hahahaha, sweet! I remember I asked for this game to be reviewed in a past comment. That probably wasn't the reason for this, but still, thanks a lot. 😀
June 10, 2011 at 11:36 pm
I used to have this game when I was little but it was way too complicated to play so I wanted to know how you play it. Board James explained it well but I still have questions.
June 10, 2011 at 11:37 pm
Why haven't i heard of this game?!?!
June 10, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Yet again another great vid. Qapla sir!Fei Wong
June 10, 2011 at 11:43 pm
When you have to gice the meat to a dog-monster, now James, you remember Grumble-Grumble? 😀
June 10, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Now that is a kick ass board game, Board James. I sort of remember that game, but my memory is a little foggy. I think I'll have to look up that board game's commercial on You Tube, if there is one on You Tube that is. Thanks for sharing, James. I would love to see more of these and the Bullshit man. Of course I know you can only do so much at a time with AVGN being your primary role at the moment.Cold Prophecy
June 10, 2011 at 11:44 pm
I actually own this game, wow!
Another great video and a prime example of why so many of us love the return of Board James. 🙂
Keep up the fantastic work and best of luck getting the AVGN movie done in a timely manner!
June 10, 2011 at 11:45 pm
Well here is the commercial. Surprised I found it so quickly.Hajeil Sounak
June 10, 2011 at 11:52 pm
@TwistedSpeech Damn you! You beat me to it! lol! Oh well. Interesting looking game. I found the video through http://boardgamegeek.com/ This is a great site. You can find practically any board game you are looking for new or old. Check it out sometime James. It may help you to find one of those lost classics that you would love to relive and do a review on.
June 10, 2011 at 11:56 pm
@Hajeil Sounak: Sorry about that, lol!
June 10, 2011 at 11:58 pm
That actually sounds like a really awesome game. I'm definitely going to look for it.
June 11, 2011 at 12:07 am
Whoa, this game actually looks like a lot of fun.nviso209
June 11, 2011 at 12:20 am
I had clearly forgotten all about this game from the "old days" but after seeing the whirlpool it clearly sprung me back into the ad from the decade! AWESOME review of an AWESOME GAME! JAMES = GAMES!
…BTW KTTK WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE NES HOMEBREW CART FOR ALL U HOMEBREW NES DEVS OUT THERE!SpeedyEric
June 11, 2011 at 12:26 am
Key to the Kingdom DOES look awesome.nviso209
June 11, 2011 at 12:26 am
Old school Apple's difference was the Wizard of Woz… That company GIANT quasi techno-cult that it has become will never be anything without year after year of the same devices w/ minor updates… BTW Anyone want a $10 Iphone 3G? Long live the IIc baby!
June 11, 2011 at 12:39 am
Haha why is the mummy crawling out of a gravejohnmorisi
June 11, 2011 at 12:52 am
This looks pretty great… but the rules seem a little too loose. Like instead of just going for the key, you could have the strategy of just killing everyone till it is just yourself, and then you basically winDolly Dagger
June 11, 2011 at 12:56 am
Looks like a great game…but why are you reviewing it solo? I think the last Board James you did on your own was Fireball Island.
June 11, 2011 at 12:56 am
Good episode James =)Karate Kid Icarus
June 11, 2011 at 1:02 am
I've heard of it. I've even seen the box in someone's closet. But I never had a chance to play it.Jenslyn87
June 11, 2011 at 1:04 am
New Board James! One of my favorite shows 😀 awesomeUneX100
June 11, 2011 at 1:06 am
Great review as always!svengoolie
June 11, 2011 at 1:13 am
See, the problem with stuff like this is that it requires friends.sconethief
June 11, 2011 at 1:20 am
If all the new AVGN episodes will be this level of goodness, I'll be very happy.Shaun
June 11, 2011 at 1:33 am
great as usual! i dig the apple hat! nice touch!strint519
June 11, 2011 at 1:52 am
Great game, great t-shirt, great review!Salculd
June 11, 2011 at 2:03 am
Holy crap, I've never heard of this, and it's exactly the sort of thing I would've loved.Whoblehwah
June 11, 2011 at 2:03 am
What an awesome looking game.WillWill
June 11, 2011 at 2:07 am
Great, James! Back to your usual fine-form! Well done Board-James episode. Quite a surprise for me, too! Thanks a tonne for all the effort.
June 11, 2011 at 2:15 am
Holy smokes, that game looks bad ass!
June 11, 2011 at 2:23 am
Cool! Looks like good times.Hate Those Fucking Shitty Games
June 11, 2011 at 2:25 am
How that board game looks so fucking fun!!!!
June 11, 2011 at 2:33 am
How do you get out of the prison? Or are you forever trapped?
June 11, 2011 at 3:02 am
I cant believe you all this shit. good episode by the way
June 11, 2011 at 3:08 am
I wonder how much this game sells for on eBay just jumped? 😉
Seriously, that looks freakin' awesome. I don't know who designed that game, but I hope he got an award.CaptainStorm
June 11, 2011 at 3:15 am
Have you noticed that every Board James game so far has some kind of
special device, like a plastic ball or spinner (or eeh…VHS tape)? Many even make use of the third dimension in some way. Well, none of the games I grew up with was like that, I wonder if it's something typical for American games in general or just a reflection of the ones that James choose to review?Kenlaboss
June 11, 2011 at 3:43 am
james dont over work yourself good video manLisVender
June 11, 2011 at 3:47 am
I love that Board James usually showcases a game with a fantasy setting, or a "world" that really lights up the imagination.Senter
June 11, 2011 at 4:51 am
OH MY GOD! That's my childhood game! I still have it! It's one of the few games I took with me when I went to live on my own. We translated the game to: "De schat en de sleutel" The treasure and the key.
But Key to kingdom sounds better. I loved the game so much. Of course I won often and my family didn't want to play it anymore.
The box is covered in tape, trying to get it together. I miss 3 or 4 characters, a few bosses, the bridge pieces and yeah that's about it. It's show this game.
June 11, 2011 at 4:51 am
My friend had this game. We played it once and fucking loved it. Next time we were over we went to play it again but couldn't find it. Turned out his mum had given it away because she thought no one played with it. Sooooo devastated.lauri
June 11, 2011 at 4:53 am
i actually owned it as a kid. i didnt even play it with the real rules we just fucked around till we got bored lol. now i cant find it anywhere so must have sold it on a fleemarket or something. it still was a cool game tho.Aristotelles
June 11, 2011 at 4:55 am
Another wonderful episode from James..too bad Mike wasn't here playing with James!Senter
June 11, 2011 at 5:06 am
Oh and I played it last year with my canadian girlfriend. So with every trial I had to look it up in the manual (all the trials was in the same book written in dutch). So I had to translate what she had to do. Now she calls it the 'lag game' because if you don't have every trial summed up in your head, you'll have to wait until you've looked it up. I never imagined you would review that board game. My family and I played that game even more often than Monopoly. But then again my dad didn't like monopoly that much.Xen11
June 11, 2011 at 5:23 am
Fucking awesome!
I have a strange vague remembrance of this board. Especially those whirlpools. I'm thinking maybe my best friend/next door neighbor had it ( he had every fucking toy that existed) and we fucked around with it, not following the rules.
I would have loved to play it properly, but it turns out that I am surrounded by retards.
Senter, I wish I had a canadian girlfriend, but I'm stuck in the south, where the girls are stupid as fuck.Anton Sergei Dela Merced
June 11, 2011 at 5:25 am
Wow, that seems like one of the coolest boardgames I've ever seen. Cool concept, cool map, cool monsters… awesome!RocketeerRaccoon
June 11, 2011 at 5:37 am
Wow, this board game looks awesome. 😀
June 11, 2011 at 5:38 am
Holy shit that looks fucking awesome!guitarhero1000
June 11, 2011 at 6:04 am
Finally something that isn't Ninja Turtles or OA. Thank you.Gav
June 11, 2011 at 6:36 am
JAMES! MIKE! ANYONE! What is with this annoying Nexus S phone advert that is sh.ting all over about 60% of your website? Makes it really hard to actually see what I came here to see cos most of the site content is now behind the actual advert! Also can you start posting your vids to YouTube again and linking them in each post so iPad users can actually view your content on none flash devices!creecreehoneybee
June 11, 2011 at 7:11 am
Love it!Warrax
June 11, 2011 at 7:27 am
Nice rewiew James, this game looks pretty epic good for your imagination.MacDragard
June 11, 2011 at 7:38 am
This looks like one of those games Matt and Aaron from Blame Society would play while drinking their obscure beers.Mureena
June 11, 2011 at 7:42 am
Heh, I had a Finnish version of this game and it seriously was something unique. You had to have at least 4 players to get best out of it and one game could last 2 hours, but man, It's just damn fun game and a big source of good memories to me.
Also, WHERE'S MIKE?Joemarvelly
June 11, 2011 at 7:42 am
The Nexus adverts are blocking the left and right hand sides of the screen! I can't watch the video like this! It's like this on all the videos on Cinemassacre at the minute!!
June 11, 2011 at 8:22 am
I would want to try this game, but you single-handedly caused this game to shoot up in price on Ebay. A few days ago one sold for $3, the only one listed now is over $50.
June 11, 2011 at 8:26 am
When you opened that board… I spilled my drink and knocked the bowl of chips over.PoLaR
June 11, 2011 at 9:37 am
This game looks fuckin' awesome! <33VonKraut
June 11, 2011 at 10:23 am
Wow finally a review of a game I actually had! I don't think I ever played this game all the way through following the original rules though.Chris-R.
June 11, 2011 at 10:43 am
Fuck yeah! I love the Board James series, it's so nutty. I lolled at the camera shot of everyone's pieces "comin' to getcha."
Viele Dank, James!
PS – Will we ever see the return of Bad Luck Bootsey?Sirius
June 11, 2011 at 10:44 am
Wow, some of you guys really have no knowledge of board games uh? Coolest board game you've ever seen? Really?
This is a luck-infested kid's game.
Go, and discover the real world of board games. 🙂zyo2008
June 11, 2011 at 10:48 am
Hi, im board james, and when board james is bored, i play some board games! 😀AVGNfan95
June 11, 2011 at 11:00 am
nice board james
June 11, 2011 at 11:49 am
Looks like a fucking Awesome Board Game.BrockLobster
June 11, 2011 at 11:55 am
James, you son-of-a-bitch! I had this game as a kid, and no fucking kids would ever play it with me! Once I pulled the board from the box, the size of the board actually intimidated them, keeping them from wanting to play a game that takes so long to play. Ass-holes! Thanks for bringing back the memories of this incredibly special board-game, though. You definitely had good taste to have owned this master-piece.Lionhearte
June 11, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Oh hell yes! I saw this stashed away in one of your earlier videos James and was waiting for you to do a review on it.
I got this game at a weedy-weedy as a kid nearly a decade ago, but it had a few missing pieces. I think a character or two is gone and there were only 3 pieces to the bridge, and no dice either, if I recall, but all the cards and the instruction manual was in it.
No one wanted to play, but I still entertained myself with my 10 yr old imagination! I still have it. Actually, it's in my closet, to my right. I'm looking at it right now! I think I'll pull it out and have a quick drive down memory lane 🙂ClassicGamer
June 11, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Dammit, every time I see an awesome game like this one I just wish more and more that I lived in your time. xDDetroit Dawg
June 11, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Looks like a fun game, but the review seems a bit lacking. I wish it was longer, why not invite Mike and a couple others over to play it, if not for the sake of the review at least. I think if this review was 5 or 6 minutes longer, it would be better, but was cool for what it was. Can't wait til' the next Board James video.Honkeytron9000
June 11, 2011 at 1:03 pm
I used to play this every day.efreet
June 11, 2011 at 1:16 pm
What happens if you are in a dungeon prison? and when you die?Fantasy Forest
June 11, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Damn, this game doesn't fuck around. Great review James.
June 11, 2011 at 1:52 pm
James, this has been one of the best videos in a while (everything else is top notch, just this one really sticks out).
June 11, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Yes! I've missed this series!encey
June 11, 2011 at 3:43 pm
Never heard of that game before — it looks fuckin awesome.junkiegamer
June 11, 2011 at 4:46 pm
I used to have this game but I sold it for $5.00
now after watching this I wish I did not sell it. I would like to play it. oh well.Valis77
June 11, 2011 at 4:51 pm
man o man i never experience these games back in the daysmrgerrit
June 11, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Omg was that just a coincedince or did you realy pickt the street fighter 2010 vid on youtube to tag about this because of the tiger uppercuting????
June 11, 2011 at 6:10 pm
There, happy assholes!? (You people know what I'm talking about….Though the people who are not assholes, and are real fans. Good for you guys…)viJilance
June 11, 2011 at 6:17 pm
wow i actually feel like playing this. too bad kids these days are too anti social to have friends come over to their house and play board games. this generation just wants facebook friends and PSN friends, its honestly pathetic.
June 11, 2011 at 6:20 pm
keep the board game videos coming, they are awesome!ctu
June 11, 2011 at 6:38 pm
That game looks badass. I want to play that game now 🙂
June 11, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Thanx for check this out!! I have this game and I got it from a cheap store. But the value was awesome!!…Thanks for reviewing this and thanks for taking on my request, now all you got is Bigfoot, with all its button mashing bullshizznat!!Tsukikage
June 11, 2011 at 6:56 pm
Never had this game but looks pretty sweet. Where did you get the tiger uppercut shirt? It's awesome.. I want it!RustyCoffinNail
June 11, 2011 at 7:13 pm
That board game doesn't fuck around.darkknightdetec
June 11, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Wow this game looks awesome!! I'm so jealous that I never got to play this game!Otacon126
June 11, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Damn, this game have so much stuffs and options, looks realy cool. Great rewiev James!GoldenFrog
June 11, 2011 at 8:18 pm
wow, this is one of the most awesome board games i've ever seen. i'd love to try it out with a few people.clovernuts
June 11, 2011 at 9:34 pm
This game looks sick! Interesting game mechanics. As much as I love to see these old school fantasy themed reviews, it makes me miss AD&D. AD&D ruled the galaxy.Calavera
June 11, 2011 at 11:47 pm
Nice review, although I don't think there would be many people who would want to sit down and play it (your friends included James) lol you know its trueJJTwinDragon
June 12, 2011 at 2:15 am
James you seriously need to sort out the adverts you've got on your site. This current advert for the Nexus phone is eating into the screen so that I can't see the whole of this message box whilst I'm typing! I'm also unable to see all peoples' comments and whatever other messages you post up that I'm curious to read. The advert is probably around 2 inches wide and is both sides of the screen, also there doesn't appear to be anyway to close it down. Please can you sort this out, it's not cool!MrSoreto
June 12, 2011 at 3:11 am
This game was called "de schat en de sleutel" in Dutch!honkytonk
June 12, 2011 at 3:22 am
I love dutch soreto, sounds like drunken german ; ) So it was called "The treasure and the sleutel" well I don't have a clue what sleutel could mean.
Sounds dirty : )
Looks like a great game and I think it's the first game I didn't know before from all the boardjames games.ShizoMoses
June 12, 2011 at 4:59 am
@honkytonk: I'm guessing that "sleutel" is the Dutch equivalent of the German word "Schlüssel", so it would be key, which would make sense in my opinion, seeing that the game's original title is "Key to the Kingdom".^^
And I must say, I somehow gotta get my hands on this game. It looks damn awesome.
That's to Board James. Always digging up the classics.
June 12, 2011 at 8:08 am
Wow! Never thought I'd see this one here. 😀 Out of all the board games reviewed here, I own Mousetrap, Dragon Strike and Key to the Kingdom. Key to the kingdom was a very dear game to me when I was a kid due to it being chock full of adventure and semi-scary stuff like skeletons, monsters and demons etc. I always wished I could've played as the Demon King 'cause he looked so badass (what with being like 8 feet tall and the embodiment of darkness). 😀 I also loved how the board expanded via the whirlpools. Here in Finland, the box art looked different though, so I didn't recognise the game from the title card before watching the review. Also, in Finnish it was called "Pimeyden Valtakunta", which means "Kingdom/Realm of Darkness".
I'd love to see a review on the Biker Mice from Mars game called "Biker Mice from Mars: Take Back the City" which was also very dear to me (it might actually be crap but I just loved the cartoon so much that it didn't matter :D)
My ultimate favourite, though, was "Ghost Castle".
It was head-explodingly awesome with a glow-in-the-dark skull that you dropped into a coffin that made all kinds of crazy stuff happen on the board (kinda like Mousetrap). I'd definitely recommend that you take a look at that.
Thanks for the review James & Mike!
June 12, 2011 at 8:11 am
Btw, here's the alternate Finnish box art for Key to the Kingdom:
June 12, 2011 at 8:34 am
Hahah wow, never thought I would hear dutch lanquage here xD. I'm Dutch myself, and yes "sleutel" is indeed "key" in dutch. But it's not drunk german! haha. Loved this episode. I acually played this game alot with my dad, back in the day.Metalhunter
June 12, 2011 at 9:04 am
2 Board James episodes in back to back months? No complaints here! Board James is one of my favorite parts of this site. Keep up the great work James.Nightmare19
June 12, 2011 at 9:08 am
Excellent review. Its reviews like this that remind me how much I love James work.RestRabbitRest
June 12, 2011 at 9:58 am
Happy to see a new Board James episode! Hoped Motherfuckin Mike to appear while watching.Riknight36
June 12, 2011 at 11:00 am
That this game looks awesome. You ever play Settlers of Catan, James?marlowe
June 12, 2011 at 11:06 am
Yeah, great episode! This is the kind of thing I come to watch here, those retro video or board games we all love so much. Not those puny OA crap comentaries. Thanks, man!
June 12, 2011 at 11:18 am
That game really looks sweetberg
June 12, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Well done sir!Exiro
June 12, 2011 at 12:47 pm
I wonder what you'll think of Danish then, as that is the 'drunk version' of Dutch.
June 12, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Wow, never even heard of that one. Thanks James and company'
June 12, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Holy Shit this looks fun! I'd love to play this. For some reason it reminds me of Lost the board game. That's a fun board game too. Anyway, loved the episode!Default_Username
June 12, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Wow, I want that!rollerickus
June 12, 2011 at 5:58 pm
I have that one in a dutch version too. My cousin used to have it and I was hooked at first sight.
Tried to play it with some friends a year ago, wasn't that great 🙁EmperorBubba
June 12, 2011 at 7:52 pm
Yeah, never heard of this one. We didn't seem to have a great collection of fantasy board games here in Ireland when I was a kid :/
This looks like a hell of a lot of fun.Hourglass
June 12, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Never heard of it, but damn it looks awesome.
June 12, 2011 at 9:42 pm
I had this as a child and loved it. The German version surprisingly has a totally unrelated title and is known as "Tarralans Traumland" which translates to "Taralan's Dreamland".
Highly recommend it – it is as much fun as it looks like.TheLHP
June 12, 2011 at 10:10 pm
That game looks amazing.


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