FReeper Canteen ~ Canteen Kids: What Internet Games Do You Play? ~ March 1, 2006

Feb. 28, 2006 | Goldstar

[Goldstar]

I would like to thank the troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world, protecting us here in America and fighting to save innocent Iraqis from the torture that they used to go through. That is why I chose to participate in the “Canteen Kids” for this week. This time, it’s about games!



I hope that you will like the games that I have found. The last one has an enormous amount of games there, with some that you can edit your own level! And if you get a chance, sign up with Neopets!

Neopets



Parker Brothers

The name "Parker Brothers" is probably familiar in most American households. People know them for at least several popular board games-- Monopoly, Risk, Clue, and Sorry. But who were the Parker Brothers?

George Parker was born in 1867 in Salem, Massachusetts, the youngest of Mr. and Mrs. George Parker's three sons. Although he wanted to be a journalist, Parker was an avid game player and even had an informal game-playing club with several of his friends. When Parker was only a teenager, he invented his first game, Banking, in which players borrowed money from a bank and attempted to make money through speculating.

One-hundred-and-sixty cards determined each player's luck. In 1883, with the encouragement of his friends and older brother, Charles, Parker decided to publish Banking. After being turned down by two Boston book publishers, he spent forty dollars having 500 sets of Banking printed. By the end of the year, he sold all but two dozen of the games and made a hundred-dollar profit.

Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley was a game pioneer, credited by many with launching the game industry in North America. But years before he invented his first game, Bradley enjoyed a successful career in lithography.

Born in Vienna, Maine, in 1836, Bradley chose a career in printing and lithography in his late teens and set about learning the trade. In 1860, he set up Massachusetts' first color lithography shop in Springfield. One of his lithographs, a likeness of Abraham Lincoln, sold especially well, until Lincoln grew a beard and rendered Bradley's beardless image out-of-date.

At about the same time Bradley's lithography business was beginning to wane, Bradley visited a friend who challenged him to a game. Although it hasn't been recorded, this was probably an imported European game using a spinner to determine how many spaces a player moves. Bradley was inspired with a new idea—he would invent a game. Bradley designed a board game called The Checkered Game of Life. The object was to obtain a happy old age instead of financial ruin and a player's luck was decided by a numbered spinner. Players moved game pieces over sixty-four squares, which could be good, bad, or neutral according to their color.

By 1861, Bradley had sold more than 45,000 copies of his game. He formed Milton Bradley and Company in 1864 to print other games and game manuals.

Real Arcade



North Pole





Disney Blast

Student Links





Surf Net Kids




These are a few of the games that my Gramma likes.

Sudoku

Word Search+

Escapa! (try to do this for 18 seconds)

Puzzles, games, trivia

Yahoo! Games

The reason why computer games are played more often than board games these days is because computers are more common.

What games do YOU like to play?

 

[beachn4fun]

Yea, we've got plenty of chocolate.

You can really zoom down the road after one of these...and you won't even need a vehicle! LOL

[beachn4fun]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[beachn4fun]

Hey, neat!

[StarCMC]

(Borrowed) LOL

[beachn4fun]

[TASMANIANRED]

Must be quite a change going from a hummer to a sedan.

[TASMANIANRED]

Truffles, is that truffles that I see.

Holy cow.

The only thing missing is a diving board.

[TASMANIANRED]

I've had my allowed coffee break.

Gotta get back to work.

Grout is awaiting.

[StarCMC]

I'd think. But it's the constantly watching who is in the car next to you and what they are doing that's the hard thing to get over.

[StarCMC]

I'm about to be out for the afternoon too!! Got an ortho appointment and then maybe a BIKE RIDE! Woohoo!!

[beachn4fun]

WOW! Glad to hear you're on schedule.

I've been doing stuff myself since moving into our little "cottage." I usually start much earlier, but quit earlier.

I hung a lot of pictures and put up a few of our shelves this past weekend. Hung a new curtain rod I got for my bedroom.

Had an electrical outlet installed in the bathroom. Those old bathrooms only had one outlet right above the medicine cabinet. Anyone who uses a hair dryer or electric razor knows that is not good enough.

It makes you feel good when you can look back on how much you managed to get accomplished.

[beachn4fun]

LOL

[beachn4fun]

LOL

Of course!

Have fun

[beachn4fun]

Well, gee......not a 50 close by. I guess I might as well get back to work.

[SandRat]

Morning! Made it home for lunch today.

[MEG33]

[HiJinx]

Hi!

How's the cottage? Do you guys fit?
Or is there a yard sale in your future?

Hey, fatima, Beachie and I may have some treasures for your window!

[HiJinx]

You're in the right place to nurse those feelings of loneliness. The Canteen galz are great for keeping your mind busy...

[HiJinx]

Kewl! Got the update before I asked!

Enjoy the rest of your day...

[moonpie57]

I play games at a few online sites, but spend most of my time on Pogo. There are various free games and more if you subscribe. I have a few 5 day free passes I can give away if anyone wants to try it. Just Freepmail me.

http://www.pogo.com