Thursday, November 6, 2008

Scene It And How They Are Killing Themselves


Scene It is a fun game for movie buffs. I think it's set up to be easy to play for anyone, not just movie buffs but there's a serious problem with the brand:

Their apparent need to make more and more game boards.

Whereas you buy the original Scene It and once you work through it all, you can get the sequel edition that's just more cords and a DVD, they have different versions that are complete games. If you have one board, you have them all regardless of its color and collection of game tokens.
I would be inclined to get some of these if they were offered just as DVDs because Scene It is the one game my wife can be sure I'll play and often we play for control of the Netflix queue, but I refuse to buy entirely new games. Imagine how they'll stack up in the closet! It's a waste.

The latest travesty is the Seinfeld Scene It, which I wouldn't mind playing at all (I actually wouldn't mind sending it to my in-law's house so when we get there we can play it (they're huge into Seinfeld)) except I don't want to have to buy an entire new board.


Surely someone there is thinking that by offering these in complete sets only they are turning their backs on fans who have already bought a board and won't be tempted to another?

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