Sunday, January 11, 2009

The New Monopoly

If you want to know how the world is attached to credit cards, just buy the new Monopoly game.

The old game I played when I was a kid used paper money. The new game comes with cards and an “electronic banking unit”.

I am not a fan of the new Monopoly though, for the following reasons:

  • It is pricey.
  • Transaction with the cards is pretty slow, which in turn slows down the game.
  • The players do not know how much value their cards have unless they are read by the electronic banking unit.
  • The cards look identical save for their colors.
  • The electronic banking unit is fragile.

On top of these, the kids who play the new Monopoly game probably will never understand that “cash is king” and may become slaves of credit card.

26 comments:

  1. O.o there is such a game?

    OMG I'm so out. LOL!

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  2. u played the new one b4? i somehow think the chinese version, called billionaire games are more exciting than monopoly. but this one sounds cool!

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  3. day-dreamer
    Oh boy, it sounds like you only played video games.

    kyh
    Yes, I played the new one before. I also played the Chinese version when I was a kid. You know, I was still in the 'language comfort zone' then.

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  4. i love to play the Chinese version one

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  5. wow, this is really a big change to the game

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  6. kikey
    Hmm... I thought Chinese version is the same as English one. Just the place names are different, right?

    Johnny
    Yes, a big change, for better or worse.

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  7. let's just say: the monopoly is just catching up with time! i heard the msian monopoly is even funnier, it has all the roads in msia! jln ampang klcc and etc.

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  8. hahha my first time playing game was during this year new year ...

    and i was playing the credit cards and electronic type one :)


    btw, just click on the book it will bring you to a link :) if not let me know again I show u

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  9. SORRY THAT was my old deleted account....safeheaven



    hahha my first time playing game was during this year new year ...

    and i was playing the credit cards and electronic type one :)


    btw, just click on the book it will bring you to a link :) if not let me know again I show u

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  10. xin
    Yeah yeah, I came across Malaysian version in Toys R Us.

    lisa
    Looks like you also grew up playing video games...

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  11. There is now a Zappos! version too.

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  12. happysurfer
    This version must be sponsored by Zappos.

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  13. I haven't played this new version yet. Sounds interesting! But like what you said, kids will learn to be slaves to credit card, which is not a good thing!

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  14. never play the new version.like to play pc game version1...hehe

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  15. like to play this when young, not so much now. too time consuming. prefer to chit chat with friends if meet :)

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  16. foongpc
    Yeah, I still prefer the paper money version.

    christine
    I never played Monopoly PC game yet...

    quachee
    I actually played with kids. I also think it is too time consuming.

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  17. i prefer the old version....^_^

    even the StarWar edition has got new version too....

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  18. haha... tell me about it. I got problem on my credit card now *sob sob*

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  19. 迷迭香
    Star Wars edition? (-_-")
    Do they have LOTR edition?

    TZ
    Don't cry...

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  20. Ops.. I haven't touched a monopoly for ages!

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  21. neo
    I only played with kids recently...

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  22. It's been awhile sinceI last play such game! =(

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  23. Aiya I played Monopoly before... minus the credit card. -_-

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  24. tekkaus
    Haha... actually I played with kids.

    day-dreamer
    I see...

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  25. When I was a kid, we used to play with banknotes. It was a good excuse to learn to calculate fast...

    I think this is just brainwashing for credit card. Bad timing with the crisis...

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  26. zhu
    Learn to calculate fast? That's another advantage of the Old Monopoly...

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