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Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Cranium Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: Goliath
Masterpiece Mistaken for Salmon by Ungrateful Staff
Pete rescues a mangled clay windmill, refines it into a work of abstract genius, and suffers the ultimate indignity of having his art dismissed as a snack.

My human has procured another large, flat box called 'Cranium Classic' from a brand named Goliath, which sounds appropriately loud and clumsy. It seems to be a ritualistic device designed to make multiple bipedal creatures gather in one place to shout, wave their arms, and make crude drawings. The primary appeal, from my superior vantage point, lies not in …

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
A medium wasted on simpletons.
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