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Title: Ancient People Played Lots of Games
Post by: idolminds on Friday, February 11, 2011, 10:07:19 PM

Cool! (http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=ancient-people-played-lots-of-games-11-02-09)

Makes sense to me. Ancient time, you've got your work done...no TV, no movies, no internet...what else are you going to do? People gotta be occupied.

Title: Re: Ancient People Played Lots of Games
Post by: Quemaqua on Saturday, February 12, 2011, 11:33:27 PM

I've been saying this for years.  There are so many ancient games that we have record of even now... it's really cool to go back and find some, and even cooler to find the ones that nobody really knows what they might have been.  It makes me giddy with the possibilities.

Title: Re: Ancient People Played Lots of Games
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, February 13, 2011, 02:35:49 AM

Well, they were bored. So they were either having sex or playing games.

Or both.... hmmmmm....

Title: Re: Ancient People Played Lots of Games
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, February 13, 2011, 08:04:31 AM

Quote from: Pugnate on Sunday, February 13, 2011, 02:35:49 AM

Well, they were bored. So they were either having sex or playing games.

Or both.... hmmmmm....

Old sex games?

Archibald: Bishop B2 to Queen E5.
Agatha: Yahtzee!

Title: Re: Ancient People Played Lots of Games
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, February 13, 2011, 08:05:56 AM

"You sunk my battleship!"
"Now its time to sink mine..."

*ancient porn music*

Title: Re: Ancient People Played Lots of Games
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, February 13, 2011, 02:48:54 PM

haha for some reason "ancient porn music" really made me chuckle.

I tried to imagine what it would sound like and I imagined music made by shaking boxes with rocks in them.