Comments on: Calvinball http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374 Feel Smart Again Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:20:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: elizabutt http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374/comment-page-1#comment-27207 elizabutt Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:40:53 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374#comment-27207 "The score is still Q to 12." “The score is still Q to 12.”

]]> By: Amy http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374/comment-page-1#comment-27102 Amy Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:23:41 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374#comment-27102 I love Calvin and Hobbes. I get sad whenever I remember there will never be any new ones. :-( I love Calvin and Hobbes. I get sad whenever I remember there will never be any new ones. :-(

]]> By: Kate http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374/comment-page-1#comment-27084 Kate Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:49:46 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374#comment-27084 Any Calvinball players in L.A.? :) Any Calvinball players in L.A.? :)

]]> By: Nora http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374/comment-page-1#comment-27075 Nora Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:45:29 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374#comment-27075 It also reminds me of Blitzball (is that what it was called?) in A Separate Peace. Glorious. It also reminds me of Blitzball (is that what it was called?) in A Separate Peace. Glorious.

]]> By: Leadhyena http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374/comment-page-1#comment-27029 Leadhyena Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:06:19 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374#comment-27029 Ah, Nomic. I've been involved in a few great Nomic games. The best Nomic happens when another medium is mixed with it. My favorite two experiences with the game were Nominopoly (Nomic with a Monopoly set) and Perlnomic (Nomic as a set of Perl scripts; there was a great research paper on the topic but I don't have the link anymore). There are some great "Nomic-like" games such as Mao, Eleusius, and Zendo where rules are created and not discussed until either discovered or encountered to disastrous effect. Ah, Nomic. I’ve been involved in a few great Nomic games. The best Nomic happens when another medium is mixed with it. My favorite two experiences with the game were Nominopoly (Nomic with a Monopoly set) and Perlnomic (Nomic as a set of Perl scripts; there was a great research paper on the topic but I don’t have the link anymore). There are some great “Nomic-like” games such as Mao, Eleusius, and Zendo where rules are created and not discussed until either discovered or encountered to disastrous effect.

]]> By: Lea http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374/comment-page-1#comment-27020 Lea Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:31:29 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374#comment-27020 I used to play Calvinball with my best friend. It was wild. We made masks and flags and got out a croquet set and then...we wreaked havoc. Wonderful. Deadly. Havoc. I used to play Calvinball with my best friend. It was wild. We made masks and flags and got out a croquet set and then…we wreaked havoc.

Wonderful. Deadly. Havoc.

]]> By: Meagan http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374/comment-page-1#comment-27000 Meagan Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:53:52 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/8374#comment-27000 Yay for Calvin and Hobbes . . . and the NOMIC (great word, I'd never heard it before) Calvinball, of course! Yay for Calvin and Hobbes . . . and the NOMIC (great word, I’d never heard it before) Calvinball, of course!

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