Comments on: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas: The Board Game http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/ Coilhouse Wed, 23 May 2012 21:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Linkage Sunday 052409 « http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/comment-page-1/#comment-19944 Linkage Sunday 052409 « Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:36:21 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7684#comment-19944 [...] For fans of Fear and Loating in Las Vegas, there’s a board game out there. Ohh I want! Found on [...] [...] For fans of Fear and Loating in Las Vegas, there’s a board game out there. Ohh I want! Found on [...]

]]> By: Alana Joy http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15948 Alana Joy Fri, 29 May 2009 20:47:15 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7684#comment-15948 You can check out my video interview with the artist, Jonathan Baldwin, here: http://lifeonblast.com/?p=893 Hope you enjoy it! xo You can check out my video interview with the artist, Jonathan Baldwin, here:

http://lifeonblast.com/?p=893

Hope you enjoy it!

xo

]]> By: Tequila http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15940 Tequila Fri, 29 May 2009 18:22:45 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7684#comment-15940 @Infamous Amos Indeed. He really nailed the role of Duke and the whole cast really was impressive. In some ways I prefer this version over the film at times...just has a more visceral insanity to it. @Infamous Amos

Indeed. He really nailed the role of Duke and the whole cast really was impressive. In some ways I prefer this version over the film at times…just has a more visceral insanity to it.

]]> By: Infamous Amos http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15867 Infamous Amos Tue, 26 May 2009 17:43:59 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7684#comment-15867 @Tequila... If you're refering to the one where Jim Jarmusch plays Duke, hell yes I'm a fan. He has that perfect combo of exhaustion and psychosis in his voice that ties the whole thing together. @Tequila… If you’re refering to the one where Jim Jarmusch plays Duke, hell yes I’m a fan. He has that perfect combo of exhaustion and psychosis in his voice that ties the whole thing together.

]]> By: Tequila http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15864 Tequila Tue, 26 May 2009 16:12:28 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7684#comment-15864 @Elise...True enough, plus it's not like Thompson was some sort of underground artist. As a journalist his work was meant to be read by as many people as possible. Board games may no longer have the hold they did in the pre-PC and video game age but it's a pretty strong tradition in some families. A mass market version of the above piece would actually be somewhat subversive to that I'd think. Side note: Anyone else a fan of the 1996 "spoken word" version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? It's more like an old radio show production of it. @Elise…True enough, plus it’s not like Thompson was some sort of underground artist. As a journalist his work was meant to be read by as many people as possible. Board games may no longer have the hold they did in the pre-PC and video game age but it’s a pretty strong tradition in some families. A mass market version of the above piece would actually be somewhat subversive to that I’d think.

Side note: Anyone else a fan of the 1996 “spoken word” version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? It’s more like an old radio show production of it.

]]> By: elise wilson http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15852 elise wilson Tue, 26 May 2009 06:11:35 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7684#comment-15852 @ Erin I don't think that the artist made this with the intention to make profit. It's not really designed to be manufactured/bought on a mass scale. I think it's an art piece, an homage. Thompson would've loved it. @ Erin I don’t think that the artist made this with the intention to make profit. It’s not really designed to be manufactured/bought on a mass scale. I think it’s an art piece, an homage. Thompson would’ve loved it.

]]> By: Erin http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15850 Erin Tue, 26 May 2009 04:50:24 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7684#comment-15850 While an interesting idea, I feel like creating and capitalizing on a Fear and Loathing board game is sort of the antithesis to a lot of the things that Thompson stood for/was trying to say with his writing - particularly in this novel. Even though well-executed, the idea just seems extremely contrived. Associating a board game with Hunter S. just feels...well, icky and wrong. While an interesting idea, I feel like creating and capitalizing on a Fear and Loathing board game is sort of the antithesis to a lot of the things that Thompson stood for/was trying to say with his writing – particularly in this novel. Even though well-executed, the idea just seems extremely contrived. Associating a board game with Hunter S. just feels…well, icky and wrong.

]]> By: Vivacious G http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15848 Vivacious G Tue, 26 May 2009 01:20:11 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7684#comment-15848 Ooops, thought Nadya wrote this. Ooops, thought Nadya wrote this.

]]> By: cappy http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15847 cappy Tue, 26 May 2009 01:13:24 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7684#comment-15847 Yeah, if you're trying to school someone make sure your URL is valid. That being said, I'm not familiar with some of the items in that case, but couldn't most of that stuff be legally obtained? Yeah, if you’re trying to school someone make sure your URL is valid.

That being said, I’m not familiar with some of the items in that case, but couldn’t most of that stuff be legally obtained?

]]> By: Mer http://coilhouse.net/2009/05/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-the-board-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15824 Mer Sun, 24 May 2009 23:49:49 +0000 http://coilhouse.net/?p=7684#comment-15824 Uhoo, that URL is invalid. Uhoo, that URL is invalid.

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