Chrees' world

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Monopoly, without the cash



At first I thought WTF...then realized he's partially right:

A British version of the classic Monopoly board game released this week substitutes a Visa-imprinted debit card for the stacks of yellow, blue and purple play money long hoarded by children worldwide.

"We started looking at what Monopoly would look like if we designed it today," said Chris Weatherhead, a Britain.-based spokesman for Hasbro Inc., which makes the best-selling board game. "We noticed consumers are using debit cards, carrying around cash a lot less."

Yeah, well it's not like I ever pulled out a wad of cash for rent or when buying a house. If they are that interested in reality, they should add financing, fixed and variable, and have a mock-Fed changing the rates to either help or hinder the players.

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