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Who remembers sitting around the di- shops and text for 90% of their date as
ning room table on the weekend to play opposed to communicating with each

Monopoly, Snakes and Ladders or Clue? other.
Whether you are a hard core martial ar-
tist or not almost every family has me- Even the sacred martial arts academy
mories of playing a board game with has changed. Masters do their best, but
their loved ones or their classmates. the students are already damaged goods
and desperate to find out if the waiting
With exciting leaps and bounds in tech- room has free WiFi. Where there were
nology and an increase in leisure time kids joking, playing around and some-
families seldom have the time or in some times playing a sport everyone is “plug-
cases the interest in that kind of pass ged-in”. Our youth needs to take a time
time. We are well into the digital age. out, destress and socialize with some

Smart phones have become the new TVs, other human beings face-to-face. What
telephones and in some cases, babysit- better way than with a board game?
ters. Let’s take it a step further. A game that

That kind of technology Wu Wei
become out of touch Journey of the Changing Path
comes at a price. We, es-
pecially our youth, have

with our peers. Young Justin Waggle’s Journey Enters the Realm of Gaming

couples will go to coffee

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