Game: Sticky Nose

Game: Sticky Nose

Game Name: Sticky Nose Supplies: Several Rolls of Masking Tape Set-Up: Have everyone rip of a piece of tape 8 inches to a 12 inches long. Make sure to have them err on the side of more, than less. Make a tape loop, with the sticky side out. Put that tape loop on your...
Lessons from Mario 1-1

Lessons from Mario 1-1

Check out this great video, explaining the detail that went into designing the first 30 seconds of game play in the original Super Mario Brother’s franchise. I had never really thought about it before, but the level of detail and intentionality of teaching game play...
Game: Two Rooms and a Boom

Game: Two Rooms and a Boom

True story, I was deep in the dredges of Facebook one day and a friend of a friend invited yet a third friend to come to an event where they we’re going to play a game called Two Rooms and a Boom. I’m a sucker for new games and I started doing tons of...
Circle

Circle

Circle is a new gadget promising to help parents mange their student’s online time. It’s called “circle” and Disney has backed it. I’m not a parent, so I was initially skeptical when I heard about circle. My head filled with questions:...
$500

$500

I was at a youth ministry network meeting and someone asked the group, “Hypothetically, you’ve received a $500 gift of cash from a donor and you have to spend it on something fun for your youth group. How would you spend it?” Here are my 11 suggestions: 1....