Monopoly Live is yet another update to the venerable money-swapping game, and introduces an all-seeing electronic tower into the mix. This tower uses infra-red light to surveil the entire board, pieces and all. It even detects when you cover your playing-piece and rolls a virtual dice for you, and takes care of money with its cashless brain.
It is, in short, the perfect metaphor for today?s society, with over-regulation squeezing out any kind of scams, and ubiquitous CCTV cameras meaning that you can?t even think about cheating.
Monopoly is possibly the game that put the ?bored? in board-game. In my family home, it is played at Christmas and we never, ever finish. Anything that involves property taxes and takes endless hours to ?play? probably shouldn?t even be called a game (also, we?re usually quite drunk).
My brother and I did used to make things tolerable by cheating, though. I?d sneak money under the sofa behind me, or under the board in front. I?d check the pink and green cards when nobody was looking to see what was coming up, and I?d sneak hotels and houses onto my plots. Lord knows what my sneaky brother was up to, but he would often win, so it must have been something underhand.
But that was then, with a game that rewarded the resourceful. Monopoly Live should really be called Monopoly Death, as it sucks the last drops of individuality from its players at the same time as it sucks power from its four AA batteries. Even the new ?Horse Race?, ?Gas Tax?, or environmental upgrades to your houses and hotels can?t save it. How much for this high-tech monstrosity? $50, availability tba.
Monopoly?s New Tower of Power [NYT]
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