Out of the mouths of babes and infants come surprising truths. And out of the children' s toy cupboard comes an explanation of the housing market. Children's games have changed utterly since I was at school in the seventies. Where we had the drab simplicity of the Risk map to plot our conquests on, today's teenagers have the digital universe of World of Warcraft to range over and pillage. While we fantasised about being Archie Gemmell as we kicked balls between anoraks on the ground, now Nintendo Wii brings every championship sport into your living room. But there's one game I know of that has retained its hold on children's affections. A surprisingly crude amusement that I enjoyed as a boy and my son still loves today. It's called Buckaroo. And it helps explain what's gone wrong in the construction industry.
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