{"id":298,"date":"2010-10-09T17:34:45","date_gmt":"2010-10-09T17:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/10\/09\/elvis-cant-salvage-yahtzee\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:36","slug":"elvis-cant-salvage-yahtzee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/10\/09\/elvis-cant-salvage-yahtzee\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis Can&#8217;t Salvage Yahtzee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even the King of Rock and Roll can&#8217;t elevate the inane dice rolling game out of the halls of lame-assery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41I0xJa4IhL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though it hasn&#8217;t stopped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaopoly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">USAopoly<\/a>, makers of countless improbably licensed versions of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Monopoly<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Risk<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Clue<\/span>, and other classic games, from producing two different colored sets of the <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Elvis Yahtzee<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Yahtzee-Elvis-Shake-Rattle-Roll\/dp\/B000V22TK6\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=sporting-goods&amp;amp;qid=1286644823&amp;amp;sr=8-1-catcorr\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">black<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/USAopoly-YAHELVIS-Elvis-Yahtzee\/dp\/B003C0QSB0\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=toys-and-games&amp;amp;qid=1286644823&amp;amp;sr=8-3-catcorr\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">blue<\/a>, each with a unique design. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41YP6sit1iL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nNo matter how cool Elvis may be, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Yahtzee<\/span> still stinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even the King of Rock and Roll can&#8217;t elevate the inane dice rolling game out of the halls of lame-assery. 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