Top 50 words repeated twice, next 100 once, plus phrases. I'd like to think that this lack of enthusiasm results from an overdeveloped work ethic but, in reality, it is probably a consequence of the fact that, for the duration of an otherwise completely happy childhood, I was never once able to beat my older brother Alan at a game of Monopoly, or any other board game, for that matter. I wasn't a complete stranger to computer-based insect games at the time. Needless to say, Aunt May's stock went down a few points that day in the Escalante household. But even the shame of having disillusioned my nephew wasn't enough to motivate me to try playing the game myself.
Old aversions are very hard to overcome.
For one thing, computer-based games about insects are a whole lot more expensive to buy than are traditional board or boxed games about insects. These games also cost a whole lot more to play than your basic board games. To play Cootie, it doesn't much matter if your table is made of oak or maple, or if your carpet is yellow or beige. At this point, the contrast between computer games and traditional games became even more stark. I really did try to enjoy it, honestly, but everything I've always hated about games that come in boxes with dice and plastic playing pieces seems to be much worse in a computer game.