All posts in: Monopoly

Culture
25 Apr 2020

Blog Roundup

  • Michael Jordan’s Huge Baggy Suits Are the MVP of ‘The Last Dance’ [VICE]
  • Op-Ed: John Cho: Coronavirus Reminds Asian Americans Like Me That Our Belonging is Conditional [LA Times]
  • How to End a Video Call Politely [Life Hacker]
  • They Were the Last Couple in Paradise. Now They’re Stranded. [New York Times]
  • The Right Way to Play Monopoly [Vox]
  • Forget Edibles – Drinkables Are the Next Big Thing in Cannabis [The Takeout]
  • How to Tell Everyone in Your Apartment Complex That You Don’t Want to Hang Out in Quarantine [Mel Magazine]
  • Dua Lipa On How She Became the World’s Quaranine Queen [High Snobiety]
  • Georgia’s Governor Lets Businesses Reopen. Some Say No Thanks. [Wired]
  • 63 Cloth Masks to Shop Now [Vogue]
  • Kobe Bryant Had All-Access Film Crew Document His Final Season [Hypebeast]
  • Second Life Podcast: Joy Cho [WhoWhatWear]
  • Kansas City Is Now Home to a BBQ Vending Machine [Atlas Obscura]
People
10 Jan 2020

McMillions

https://youtu.be/kK2ZGOsbeqo

Growing up, Monopoly was one of my favorite childhood games. I loved it even more when I could play it alongside with one of my favorite fast food chains. There was never a chance of my family and I ever winning, but it was fun to try or at least still collect the pieces. I always knew how seriously people would take McDonalds Monopoly, but never read up on the scandal that took place. I’m really excited to see this all go down on HBO when the six-part series debuts February 3rd.

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Design
30 Jul 2018

Blog Roundup

  • Seattle’s Pike Place Fish Market Sold to Fish-Throwing Employees [The Seattle Times]
  • The world’s most Instagrammable sneakers [forward2me]

  • The horror film, The Purge, is being turned into a television series for USA Network and it looks just as terrifying as the films.
  • Mara Wilson’s thoughts on how Allison Mack got roped into NXIVM [Elle]
  • An interview with Stripe’s CEO, Patrick Collison on culture and growing startups [High Growth Handbook – Elad Gil]
  • How an ex-cop rigged McDonald’s Monopoly game and stole millions [The Daily Beast]

  • The bowling mechanic keeping America’s favorite pastime alive
  • The legacy of Benihana [The Ringer]
  • Being 30 in Seattle: It’s a lot harder today than it was for your parents [The Seattle Times]

  • How Marie Kondo Created a Decluttering Empire [The Every Girl]
  • He Kissed Me…and then Unmatched Me [The Every Girl] – just a funny take on online dating in 2018

  • Giant NASA Space Blanket Will Cover This Year’s Burning Man [Hypebeast]
  • The 18 Best New Restaurants in America [Eater]
  • Lyft Announces New Subscription Plan [Refinery29]
Uncategorized
09 Jan 2013

Monopoly Upgrade

Monopoly is retiring a game piece and is leaving it up to fans of the game to vote on which one will survive. My favorite has always been  the iron. The piece that receives the least number of votes will be off the board as soon as next month and replaced with either a diamond ring, cat, guitar, helicopter or toy robot. My vote is for the toy robot! As of right now, both the hat and the wheelbarrow have the fewest number of votes. [Source]

You can vote at the official Monopoly Hasbro website here.

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03 Feb 2010

Monopoly for the Modern Win

This year, the popular board game Monopoly, will turn 75. Not yet ready to retire or anything yet, the makers have decided to give it a little bit of a makeover! Instead of the rectangular shaped board, they have opted for a circular one. Say goodbye to metal scrap pieces and hello to outlined shapes of the old version.

This game was the death of me. I have yet to win one single game and always lost with multiple debts. Growing up, I used to think that if I could win a game, I might just survive in this real world. So every loss was just another disappointing blow that I probably wasn’t going to make it haha

Would you play it? Y/N?!

Pictures of the beautiful thang underneath the cut

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