Rock Paper Shotgun Chess Editorial

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5th June 2009, 04:20pm
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by RooksBailey
Long Island NY United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
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Here's something you don't see every day:  a PC gaming site posting an editorial declaring its love for chess in a video game age.

7-in-1 Magnetic Family Game: Chess

"In other words, unlike any other game in the box, Chess is an icon. Unlike any other game in the box, it works brilliantly as a videogame - in fact, I’d argue it was one of the first. And unlike any other game in the game, it speaks to videogames - and many of the subtler things which makes Chess compelling to sub-Kasparov intellects are present in many videogames. And, as such, it’s the game I’m going to return time and time over in these essays as a point of comparison...."

It is a great chess editorial from an unlikely source and is well worth reading.

 

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