Erictric

On September 9th (this upcoming Wednesday), Google will be launching a very special version of Monopoly, dubbed, “Monopoly City Streets” to the public, in conjunction with Hasbro. The massive online multiplayer game will use none other than Google Maps as the gameboard, and users will be able to “own any street in the world.”

According to the website’s description, users will also be able to “use MONOPOLY Chance Cards to sabotage your mates by building Hazards on their streets.” Players will start off with $3 million in Monopoly money (which is almost the same value as a real dollar in this economy) and can build, well, lots of cool things, including: hotels, skyscrapers, malls, etc.

Just another way to consume hours upon hours of time on the interwebz. You see, I’ve never actually completed a game of Monopoly in my entire life (this I say with regret). Whatever playing group I was with either became bored, or there would be a huge argument over who got what piece — thus, calling off the game completely. That, or someone would call off the game because another was either stealing from the bank, or stealing his/her money when they left for a bathroom break.

Fun times, and you can have yours with loads of anonymous people beginning this Wednesday!