Is Hasbro Family Game Night for Xbox 360 a ripoff?
I’ve been looking forward to the release of Hasbro Family Game Night. You see, my 6-year-old simply loves Connect 4. And he recently discovered the joys of Yahtzee which, as we all know, is the gateway drug to poker and gambling. True story: Last night while playing his mom, he asked if we could “make this more interesting” by playing Connect 4 for money! Seems like EA had the same idea. The rampant expectation was that Family Game Night on Xbox Live Arcade would include all seven promised games for $15, maybe a budget-busting $20 at the most. So imagine our surprise and disappointment when the game was released for $10 per game, with only the first four games (Connect 4, Yahtzee, Battleship and Scrabble) available at launch. The way it works is you download a free Family Game Night wrapper app and then purchase each game as a separate add-on. You can still get trial versions, as with every Arcade title, so at least you do have the choice to try before you buy. On the one hand, you can
