Media Watch: Failing at the Game

Maclean’s

“An obsession with board games is hurting some students

It was a seminal experience for four University of Waterloo students eight years ago, huddled in a dark lounge, the “Comfy,” in the concrete Math and Computing Centre at 4 a.m. For 12 hours they’d been playing a board game unlike anything they’d ever experienced before. By the end of the marathon session of the Settlers of Catan, two of the students had played for 20 hours straight....”

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Source: Scott Low, Dan Bosley, Thomas Utterback

© 2006 Rick Thornquist

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