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Lead Review · From: Connect 4
The Oracle Speaks in Yellow; Cosmos Delivers Deli Turkey
Pete reads each falling disc as cosmic prophecy, deciphers a sign of imminent salmon pâté, trots to the kitchen in triumph, and receives a cold slice of deli turkey instead.

My human has brought a strange, blue, plastic grid into my domain, along with two stacks of noisy, brightly colored discs. They call this contraption "Connect 4" and seem to believe it is a "game of strategy." How amusing. The only strategy worth considering in this household is my own: calculating the optimal trajectory from the sofa to the food bowl with …

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★☆☆☆
Oracle confirmed: terrible sense of humor.
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