QUESTIONS
1. Do you like to run?
2. How many cans of pop do you usually drink in one day?
3. Can you remember what you wore for a Halloween costume in first grade>
4. Do you like to eat curly noodles?
5. What class are you most likely to get a bad grade in?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. Not, really, though I don’t dislike it.
2. I used to drink 2, now I’m down to none.
3. I was a soldier.
4. Yes, they are as good as any noodle.
5. An elective.
QUESTIONS
1. Do you like black jelly beans?
2. Do you have long sideburns?
3. Should pets be allowed in hotels?
4. Why do you think deer always run from people?
5. What is the worst thing about being a student in this school?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. No, I don’t like the taste.
2. Does my beard count?
3. That should depend on what the owners think.
4. Because they are rightfully scared of anything over a certain size.
5. Intraspecies contact, i.e. the other people. But I haven’t been to school in a while.
So… I really like Pandemic. And they recently released and new version. I was interested to see it, but not too excited, as I really like the old version. I can now definitely say that I don’t like the new version. Not because there is any change in gameplay, or anything to make the actual playing of the game any less amazing.
The first problem comes with compatibility: there is none. The new version and new expansions are completely incompatible with the old version and the old version of the expansion. I can see no reason why this has to be. Especially since I quite like the older board as you will see shortly. It just alienates older fans and makes it so people who own the older game are less likely to get the new expansions. I have no idea why they would do this, especially since the old version was almost perfectly serviceable in terms of design.
However my main problem is in the look of the new version. It’s too dark. I’m not sure why everything has to be so dark these days, but it would seem Pandemic is following suit. The board looks more drab and black. It doesn’t look nearly as fun, it doesn’t even look like the world. The last board was perfectly playable and even inviting, this is dark and off-putting. The cards have been redesigned and now they’re harder to read and it’s harder to understand where they represent on the board. The character artwork is now more “realistic” but it too conveys that unnecessary darkness.
I’m not saying that an epidemic spreading around the globe is funny, but the game didn’t need to be darkened. The last set was pleasing to look at and made you excited to play. This almost looks like the map to a zombie game rather than Pandemic.
I just don’t see why it needs this. I’m not a fan of the darkness that invades everything these days. Why does everything have to be so dark, especially escapist things like board games? The cartoony artwork, pleasant green and blue board, and simple aesthetic made Pandemic more fun in my opinion. I realize that they can change anything they want to, but I don’t like their changes to the game, and I certainly won’t be getting the new version or any new expansions.
QUESTIONS
1. Do you like nuts?
2. What is something that confuses you?
3. What should teachers wear to school?
4. Why do you think witches are always female?
5. Why do you thin men have been in charge of companies so much more than women?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. Yes, except wall nuts, those taste like chalk.
2. Subatomic particles, I get the principals and understand how the work, but their just weird.
3. What they wear anywhere, preferably a little more professional but not necessarily.
4. Because Wizards are male. No, it probably has to do with the fact that all men are afraid of women and are looking for ways to demonize them.
5. Because women have less time to run companies than men because they are busy keeping the species alive.
QUESTIONS
1. What color do you think ceilings should be?
2. How old were you when you first started to like boys (girls)?
3. Do you like taffy apples?
4. Do you ever feel lonely?
5. What is your locker number?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. White, but if it can be more than one color it should be a painting of the stars.
2. I liked girls as long as I can remember, so about five or six.
3. Yes, but they’re far from my favorite kind.
4. Unfortunately all the time.
5. I don’t have one, and even when I did I didn’t remember the number.