Games Adults Play: A Comic Series

Don’t get caught with the . . . macronutrient! Comic Josh Gondelman and artist Molly Roth share a list of just a few of their favorite games that adults play.

KEEP AWAY (FROM CARBS)

Number of players: 1

Description of gameplay: Haven’t you heard? Carbohydrates are the things that make you unhealthy now. Keep Away (From Carbs) constitutes a player’s ongoing attempts to avoid eating delicious starches and sugars.

Game ends when…: The player wins when he or she develops six-pack abs, but the game resets to zero any time the player eats a bowl of spaghetti in the dark. Winning this game is also losing, paradoxically, because cake is delicious.

Missed last week’s game? Find it here. Look for the latest installments of Games Adults Play in the coming weeks.

About Josh Gondelman

Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian who incubated in Boston before moving to New York City, where he currently lives and works as a writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He is also the co-author of the book You Blew It and co-founder of the Modern Seinfeld Twitter account.

About Molly Roth

Molly Roth is a Michigan-born, Brooklyn-based graphic artist and humorist. She works on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker Daily Shouts, McSweeney’s, and Vox.

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