21. February 2008 by penny gwyn.

The deal between universal pictures and hasbro to make movies based on board games and toys (am I the only one super excited for how awesomely entertaining / messed up a monopoly movie would be?) prompted me to look into how my favorite board game franchise, Candyland, has fared since I last attempted to play said game… when I was 3.

 Inevitably, the metaphoric tides of change have come upon this sugar-coated board game, and clearly, the game was way more awesome when 3-year-old-me played with its plastic gingerbread man game pieces.  The changes start small– a character named plumpy is removed in favor of a new character called mama gingertree. I buy this– clearly any “plump” character is a bad influence on the kiddies and should be replaced with a character that can pass for both candy and a vegetable.  The molasses swamp has now also become a chocolate swamp.  This still disturbs me a bit more because playing candyland was the only way I would have known what molasses is– of course I already knew about chocolate! So minus 10 points from new candyland for decreased educational value.  Maybe the game could have been better updated by having the molasses monster listen to rap on his ipod while texting Mr. Mint?  Most sadly, Queen Frostine was demoted to Princess Frostine, and Princess Lolly was completely stripped of her title.  I think this is a statement on the opportunities for women in the land of candy.  Clearly, there is an issue on the translucent-hard-candy ceiling.  One the plus side, the candy land kids — the blonde-hair-blue-eyed children who are supposedly visiting candyland from WASPy land– have found multicultural munchkins of different ethnicities to be their pals.

Mostly, I’m just pissed that Frostine’s dress is way less pretty than it used to be.

Anyways,  I liked candyland better than chutes and ladders.  I figured out that neither game required strategy from playing chutes and ladders, and when the game does not involve ice-cream royalty, its no fun.  The big ladder that went through most of the board was pretty awesome. 

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5. February 2008 by penny gwyn.

This is my new favorite word– http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/sardoodledom

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4. February 2008 by penny gwyn.

Cool, I get to post on the blog too!  I like penguins.

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