I hate to sound like a pretentious dick* but this decision to officially change the rules of Scrabble and sell multiple editions (a la Trivial Pursuit) is weak. Very, very weak. Weak to the point of reminding me of the following exchange with my friend David Dent:
Me: How's the party?
David: Weak.
Me: Would you say it was "Weak to Good" or "Weak to Quite Weak"?
David: I'm gonna go with "Quite Weak to F*cking Bullsh*t".
I feel similarly about this Scrabble decision. Place names? People's names? Brands??!?!? Just make some shit up. Most brands are just made-up words anyway, because all the regular words are taken. Like Accenture. What the f*ck does that even mean? Answer: it means nothing, but it sounds like it could mean something, and you better believe they spent a pile of money doing group testing before they selected it. Names? Those are made-up too, so just put whatever you want on the Scrabble board.
This new set of rules will be great for teenagers and people that can't be bothered to learn actual words, but I'll stick with the classic version. And so should you. (yay for life advice!)
Updated:
Quote from Steven Colbert (via Jeff):
"Just like the scrabble you grew up with, minus the scrabble."
*Not strictly true.
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