Clash of Clans as an Extension of Cabin Fever-Fuelled Sibling Rivalry

There are three children in our family and among that trio are a pair of 11 year-olds — identical twin boys. They may be indistinguishable in appearance (at least to those who don’t know them), but their personalities couldn’t be more different. And they’ve reached that stage of sibling rivalry that I had forgotten about from my days at home with my brothers. It’s extreme, it’s loud, it’s very active and it’s driving me a little crazy. Especially in the deep of winter when the Polar Vortex refuses to go somewhere else and as a result, they’re largely trapped indoors. The boys quickly imported that boisterous, energetic, head-scratching mania into Clash of Clans. I can’t keep it straight. In the course of just four hours, Jon had joined our clan twice, been promoted by his brother, demoted once and kicked out of the clan twice. That’s a lot of politics. And it’s gone on like that for days.

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Halo as Art

We’re in a bit of a lull between games in the Halo franchise as Bungie moves on to its Next Big Thing and 343 Industries moves the mantle of working with the Halo universe fully onto its own shoulders. If …

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