but get a life.

This. Not to mention the fact that anthropologists and evolutionary psychologists aren't necessarily all in sync with the "we evolved to be polyamorous" theory. There are a few different schools of thought that say a few different things.

It's very nice that you found an environment in which you are happy, but I do wish people would stop deferring to evolution every single time. The people who write books and push the idea that humans "evolved" or "didn't evolve" to be monogamous or play football or drive a Toyota Cressida do so with very flimsy…

Burnedin is right. Most of the board game on this list are terrible, with the exception being chess and scrabble.

There's plenty of board games that are both simple and good

It's more like a board game blog talking about video games and mentioning only Zork, Pong, and Pitfall!.

You should not play several of these games period, in either board or video game format. With the exception of Chess and perhaps Scrabble these are not very good games. There are so many great board games out there and it's depressing that most people are only exposed to the hobby through something like Monopoly.

If finishing games takes this level of thought, organization, and commitment, is it really even worth it? The amount of regimentation here turns the fun of gaming into a chore, IMO. Man, play games for fun. If you need a sense of accomplishment and completion go help Habitat for Humanity build a house or something.

You alone do. I haven't heard of the second, but the first is an established field of inquiry.

Damn, is he going for The Golden Fedora Lifetime Achievement Award?

No mention of the "teeth falling out" nightmare?

Considering all this talk about how to write a great space sci-fi flick, why didn't they do exactly that? Prometheus was garbage.