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Kenny Malone

👤 Speaker
1215 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

It's very cute.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

Yes.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

In fact, Exploding Kittens had mocked up some cover art.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

So picture a vending machine and jammed inside, pressed up against the glass, is a very sweet, very cute Sasquatch.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

And if I may add one hard data point, my nephew is very into Sasquatch, Sasquatch gifts for Christmas, and I do consider him a five-year-old trendsetter.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

Yeah, sure, sure, yeah.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

Okay, so on a scale of sure thing to don't call it that, where are you on sell me a Sasquatch?

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

Off mic there, you can hear Kelly Vopolek from Exploding Kittens weigh in.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

In fact, there is a fairy in the game.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

Whoa!

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

I mean, look, I won't pretend to fully understand it, but Jamie knows what the people want, or more importantly, what Big Box wants, I guess.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

We were feeling about as good as we could possibly feel about cracking our name and our theme and turning our yacht into a Yahtzee.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

And that is when.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

Ilan Lee and Thor Ritz from Exploding Kittens called another meeting.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

Yes, you have to be creative.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

But what about like yeet me a Yeti?

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

Like throw me a Yeti?

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

They probably don't know about yeet.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

They probably don't know about yeet.

Planet Money
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name?

So it doesn't matter that like the Loch Ness Monster would be known or whatever.