It is possible to have fun with a game that you don’t have to plug in. There’s something called board games. They’ve been around for a while, but they have been largely overshadowed by video games. Matthew Baldwin is a local writer who loves board games. He talks with KUOW’s Megan Sukys about three board games that have taken him from rural Bolivia to a high–tech career in Seattle.
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Matthew Baldwin: Good Games That You Don’t Plug In
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Matthew Baldwin: Good Games That You Don’t Plug In
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