Why do families still love retro board games?
There is always this concern that with the introduction of new technologies, the older simpler items will get tossed to the wayside, and in many ways, this argument has proven to have little or no merit. For example, when the radio was originally introduced, people believed that this would cause the demise of books and newspapers. With the introduction of television, people were convinced radio would be forced into extinction, and with the advent of the Internet, no more need for TV. So far, we still have newspapers and books, radio, and TV. Of course, there is no argument that we live in a complicated and technologically evolved society. However, with all the bells and whistles of our most loved technologies, many of these items have caused us to become very solitary. The iPod, Blackberry, and portable video games units like the PS2, for instance, are not items one really shares. They are essentially designed for use by one person. Board games, though, require interaction with another
