Yes, there’s a slump in the real estate market. Tell that to the players who tried to log on Wednesday to a new online version of the classic Monopoly game that substitutes Google Maps for the board; gamers can “buy” real streets in cities around the world and build skyscrapers a la Donald Trump. The temptation to own Broadway in New York or Colfax in Denver proved to be so popular that the game’s servers could not keep up with demand. The Monopoly City Streets blog acknowledged that technical difficulties were making it hard for players to pass go on the first day of online activity.
