The Genus Edition can kiss my ass.

We were at Target yesterday, picking up the few little things that always add up to $200 no matter what, and we wound up in the toy aisle because we wanted to buy Risk. Not sure why. Risk just sounded good. The only Risk they had was Star Wars Risk, and while cool, did not justify its own $31 price. So Chris saw 90's Trivial Pursuit, which DID justify its own $31 price.

Because I was an only child, my only two social options were to 1) entertain myself quietly or 2) play with the grown-ups. This means that I wistfully looked on as my parents and their friends played Trivial Pursuit. I usually played the vital role of team mascot. Even as I got a little older, and started to know some of the answers, it was clear that I would never be able to truly contend. I mean, how much can an 11-year-old possibly know about the Johnson administration?

Then, a few years ago, the good folks at Hasbro put out a Disney edition. Hey hey, I thought. I grew up on Disney, I worked at Disneyland, I can do this. No, it was pretty much the Genus Edition with a couple of Disney questions thrown in. Strike two.

Now the tables have turned. For the most part, I paid attention during the 90's. I can tell you that The Chronic was done by Dr. Dre, and that Nelson Mandela thought that meeting the Spice Girls was "one of the greatest moments" of his life. Well, I didn't know that before I played the game, but you get the idea.

In short, to my parents and any other baby boomers who claim mastery of the Trivial Pursuit genre:

Bring it.