Just as there are people who are surprised to hear that there are professional game inventors, there are also people who are surprised to hear that there are professional game content writers.  And while, I know lots of inventors are also content writers (me, for example), I thought it would be fun to talk to someone who started their career in the industry as a content writer so I did a quick interview with Alice Langholt.  But before I get to the interview, I’m going to quickly explain the game …

To write about or not to write about – sometimes that’s the question.  Games come across my desk all the time and we play them and typically it’s love at first play or not so much (yet I still give them a second chance).  But once in a while there’s a game that didn’t go well in the first play but I have a feeling it was just with the wrong group of people.  You’ve Been Sentenced completely fits into that category.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with this …

I know that there are plenty of toy and game inventors that read this site so and I’m sure they’ve had similar experiences – but there’s no feeling in the world quite like seeing your game on the shelf!  It makes all of the hard work and late nights worth it, and dulls the pain of all of the rejection letters that go with being in the business.  My big game this year is Scattergories Categories manufactured by Winning Moves.  Now, I don’t entirely think it’s fair that I review …

I’m impatient.  My father would say that it’s because I’m a girl – but I like to think it’s because I have better things to do than, for example, wait around for other people to take their turn during a long painful game of Scrabble.  While I like the premise of the game, the waiting thing KILLS me.  I also haven’t taken the time to memorize lots of words with odd mixtures of letters, which puts me at a distinct disadvantage when playing against some of my family members.  Thankfully …

I somewhat feel that it’s a copout to review a game that’s been on store shelves (mostly mass market shelves too) since 1984 BUT recently, I’ve realized that just because it’s been out that long doesn’t mean that people have actually played it.  Like, I found out that three of my favorite game test monkeys have never played Balderdash.  Jeez!  They’re all shy of 30 (which means that the game has been out since BEFORE they started reading!) and they like and play games regularly, so how did they miss …