Game of LIFE Gets a Reality Check

Posted by Queuebot in Everything Else on January 21, 2009 at 2:14 am


Did you used to play the board game LIFE, with those little cars with room for a pink mom, a blue dad, and two kids in the backseat as you motored predictably through college, job, marriage, home-buying, etc?

Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy is coming out with a "spicy" version of the game where a lousy economy, gambling sprees, shotgun weddings, and disappearing family members are the norm. 

The name of the game comes from a Japanese idiom meaning "life’s a roller coaster" and is expected to hit the stores in April.

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8 comments to "Game of LIFE Gets a Reality Check"

  1. Evilbeagle
    January 21st, 2009 at 3:18 am

    Sounds exciting!

  2. Gail Pink
    January 21st, 2009 at 9:36 am

    Honestly, I used to play "Life" with my brother and sister when I was a kid in the 60s and 70s. I was wondering recently what had happened to the game and how it had evolved over the years. Interesting.

  3. Gauldar
    January 21st, 2009 at 9:59 am

    I should get this and wait for the expanstion sets: "My girl friend is bi-polar", and "You have terminal cancer".

  4. Contrariwise
    January 21st, 2009 at 10:21 am

    My daughter always wants to play "Life", which is a bit on the boring side -especially after the first 20 or 30 times. If this game is PG-13, then I've got to get it. It's got to be more interesting than "Life".

  5. Elagie
    January 21st, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    Actually, I'd bought the first updated version of Life in about 1994 for my son but he actually really preferred the old fashioned one I had from the 70s...and last year I bought the updated, updated version (Twists & Turns) for my daughter (my 2 kids are 15 years apart) and yet she too prefers the 70s version! Actually, as far as board games go, it's one I actually enjoy playing.

    Anyway, do our kids really need a "spicy" version of Life? Let them for a few years live in a world where their worst problem is an uncle leaving them a skunk farm in his will!

  6. Jamie G
    January 21st, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    This is like the board game version of Grand Theft Auto. I'm surprised it hasn't been done before!

    P.S. Gauldar--LOL!

  7. ted
    January 21st, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    How about the one where your unfaithful spouse catches hepatitis shooting heroin with male prostitutes?

    Ah, now that's fun...

  8. akhan246
    January 24th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    ... @ comment above

    I used to run over my kids with my little car lol, normally because i'd end up with too many kids to fit in. I guess my comment isn't any better lol.


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