Rock, Paper, Scissors, Ion Blaster?

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Hasbro is jumping into the Rock, Paper, Scissors game. Their new offering is called Bot Shots. Back in the 80’s Hasbro did the same sort of thing with Battle Beasts. Instead of Rock, Paper, Scissors there was Wood, Fire and Water. The Battle Beasts made use of the rubsign stickers that were popular on the Transformers figures in the 80s. The Bot Shots are okay. They use a Sword, Blaster and Fist as the symbols. Blaster beats Fist, Fist Beats Sword and Sword Beats Blaster. That makes little sense to me. I would think that Blaster would beat the Fist and the Sword. Sword would definitely beat Fist. I can’t imagine fist beating anything. At least Battle Beasts made sense. Fire burns Wood, Wood floats on Water, Water douses Fire. Makes Sense. Bot Shots, nope. Continue reading Rock, Paper, Scissors, Ion Blaster?