The New Scrabble is a group game to be played with friends and everyone wins or no one wins. Like group games. That's how they work. It was billed as "less competitive" and "more inclusive".
What a great renewal for the beloved game. There are lots of games like this - Castle Panic, Divided Republic, The Hobbit, Mansions of Madness, and so on. Lots and lots.
What made Fox News go ballistic over this? First of all, I heard the clip on CBC Radio and was shocked by the language and tone of voice. “Scrabble is dumbing itself down for the woke,” Jeanine Pirro proclaimed on Fox News, as “SCRABBLE FOR SNOWFLAKES” was projected on the screen.
I don't watch Fox news so am not accustomed to arrogant and dismissive "news representatives". I also want to know if there is a Fox "accent" for the hosts on the show? Because that was a strange accent that I heard. And then the word "woke" - is this an adjective used at large for negative views?
There we are, wondering how a new Scrabble game became a political issue. It turns out that anything can be a political issue, if one works at it.
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