Dumbing down further

[vettecat]

As if kids' math skills weren't bad enough... now Monopoly is going to stop using paper money and include a money calculator instead. Way to promote learning to manage money, people...

Comments

[sethg]

Can these calculators show a negative balance? Can players loan money to one another at 18% interest per turn, and let the calculators keep track of the debt? I see all sorts of potential here....

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

It could be interesting if various real-life variables were introduced, but I think it's just a fancy record-keeping system.