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Is it just a summer thing? Or does the fact I have two boys who run around with their holsters, cap guns, bandanas, stick horses and range hats have something to do with it? Or how about the fact that there is nothing like plopping down on the couch late at night and watching “Duel at Diablo,” “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” a train-lovers’ guilty-pleasure in “Breakheart Pass,” or just about anything else with chaps, six-guns and a lot of cowboys. Summer is when…

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Maybe those old games really weren’t that bad…? A regular on YouMeetInATavern.com, Longcoat000, posted a comment that triggered a flood of memories and nostalgia. In a long and tangential discussion (my favorite kind, and one of the best aspects of YMIAT.com), I half-jokingly mentioned how nearly all gamers go through a phase of overcomplicating their games by tacking on all kinds of additional rules, which is usually followed by a phase of falling in love with indie games, and then analyzing the fun right out…