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I can't be the only one who was annoyed because the game is "Battleship", not "Battleships". I can see using the plural to describe the game generically, but h
by ConceptJunkie 8y ago
I can't be the only one who was annoyed because the game is "Battleship", not "Battleships". I can see using the plural to describe the game generically, but he also uses the name capitalized, which is just wrong.
Nevertheless, it was an interesting article. It's always cool when someone totally subverts the purpose of something to do something entirely different.
- dgritsko 8y agoThe game is much older than Milton Bradley's version (which I assume you're referring to) and has gone by several different names - including "Battleships". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_(game)#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_(game)#History
- stordoff 8y agoIt's entirely possible the author is more familiar with a version that _does_ call it "Battleships", such as the 1987 video game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleships_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleships_(video_game) Also FWIW I only ever hear it referred to as "Battleships" in the UK (even though most versions are called "Battleship"), and the Amazon search suggestions suggest this is common (https://i.imgur.com/WlZhNxg.png https://i.imgur.com/WlZhNxg.png), so the mistake is hardly surprising.
- iDemonix 8y agoI was only annoyed by 'interger' in one of the diagrams, but other than that a great article - I'll admit I didn't know the proper title of the game!