Comments on: Anomia - a fun way to freak out your kid http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/anomia-a-fun-way-to-freak-ou.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 03:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: regina http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/anomia-a-fun-way-to-freak-ou.html#comment-1621693 regina Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203992#comment-1621693 sold. heading out to buy this game now.  sold. heading out to buy this game now. 

]]> By: yosemite http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/anomia-a-fun-way-to-freak-ou.html#comment-1620669 yosemite Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203992#comment-1620669 Hey, this reminds me of a similar game, "Alzheimer's", but the word-finding fun is combined with emotional lability and incontinence. Then there's "Parkinson's", where everyone gets so befuddled we all just rock back and forth and drool. Next up: "Traumatic Brain Injury", where players guess the origin of their massive head wounds on the basis of their crazy discombobulated utterances! Fun for the whole family! Hey, this reminds me of a similar game, “Alzheimer’s”, but the word-finding fun is combined with emotional lability and incontinence. Then there’s “Parkinson’s”, where everyone gets so befuddled we all just rock back and forth and drool.

Next up: “Traumatic Brain Injury”, where players guess the origin of their massive head wounds on the basis of their crazy discombobulated utterances! Fun for the whole family!

]]> By: theosticles http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/anomia-a-fun-way-to-freak-ou.html#comment-1620523 theosticles Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203992#comment-1620523 wow - we have one of the first run printings of this game because the guy who invented it lives in our neighborhood.  I didn't think it would ever really leave the area, though.  great to see it catching on! wow – we have one of the first run printings of this game because the guy who invented it lives in our neighborhood.  I didn’t think it would ever really leave the area, though.  great to see it catching on!

]]> By: prof_jellis http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/anomia-a-fun-way-to-freak-ou.html#comment-1620393 prof_jellis Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203992#comment-1620393 Sounds like great practice for getting older.  I think the frequency with which I say "what's the word for __________" is doubling annually.  Maybe playing this will slow things down.  Or  ...  mmm ...  oh yeah, accelerate (!) the decline.  ordered the game. Sounds like great practice for getting older.  I think the frequency with which I say “what’s the word for __________” is doubling annually.  Maybe playing this will slow things down.  Or  …  mmm …  oh yeah, accelerate (!) the decline.  ordered the game.

]]> By: Spieguh http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/anomia-a-fun-way-to-freak-ou.html#comment-1620329 Spieguh Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203992#comment-1620329 I'm always playing when our group pulls out Anomia, but I think the next time I'll take photos of the facial expressions this game evokes. Especially if you play several rounds with the "no repeats" rule in place.  I’m always playing when our group pulls out Anomia, but I think the next time I’ll take photos of the facial expressions this game evokes. Especially if you play several rounds with the “no repeats” rule in place. 

]]> By: cantsp3ll http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/anomia-a-fun-way-to-freak-ou.html#comment-1620198 cantsp3ll Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203992#comment-1620198 Totally agree, extremely well conceived, put out by a real mom&pop shop. I play tested this game before release; it's totally addictive and is almost always one of the first things I like to pull out when hanging out with a friend who throw out a comment like "yeah, I wasn't really ever that into games, let's maybe just play some tunes." Then we play, a lot, and that friend goes and buys it. People who don't play games, love playing this game. Totally agree, extremely well conceived, put out by a real mom&pop shop.

I play tested this game before release; it’s totally addictive and is almost always one of the first things I like to pull out when hanging out with a friend who throw out a comment like “yeah, I wasn’t really ever that into games, let’s maybe just play some tunes.” Then we play, a lot, and that friend goes and buys it.
People who don’t play games, love playing this game.

]]> By: Johanna Bates http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/anomia-a-fun-way-to-freak-ou.html#comment-1620165 Johanna Bates Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203992#comment-1620165 I've played Anomia. It's a really fun and well-thought-out game, put out by a small press. Beats Milton Bradley crap hands down, and is also pretty stellar if you don't want an iPhone in your face while playing a game. I’ve played Anomia. It’s a really fun and well-thought-out game, put out by a small press. Beats Milton Bradley crap hands down, and is also pretty stellar if you don’t want an iPhone in your face while playing a game.

]]> By: Fari Bradley http://boingboing.net/2013/01/03/anomia-a-fun-way-to-freak-ou.html#comment-1620099 Fari Bradley Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203992#comment-1620099 The thrill of this game is just as in animal snap, packaged and hence more costly. The thrill of this game is just as in animal snap, packaged and hence more costly.

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