But that was also the summer when the giants started to fall and the party cracked wide open: Jack Kemp and Colin Powell weren't in the game, Newt Gingrich was nearly toppled in a coup attempt in the House, and the other candidates seemed to have been running since the dawn of time without getting anywhere.

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As a result, when sales of boxed traditional games at outlets such as Gamestop and Wal-Mart fall, the giants suffer.

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