The Freeze Game

by johntsanch

So there’s this game that my friends and I play back in San Antonio, TX. I forgot the origins of it, but it goes something like this…

Two people stand in the middle of the room and someone yells out a scenario. These two people then act out the scenario and do whatever within the realms of it. Some example ones we had where: “You’re driving in a car through some end of the world scenario and you’re wife/husband just figured out that you have been cheating on them.” We would then act that out, to a hilarious end.

Where the freeze came in was that somebody in our group of friends could say freeze and then the two people would freeze and that person would come in and swap out with one of the people. The tricky part was that the new person could come up with a new scenario, involving the position they’re in, but doesn’t have to let the other person know. They just start on it, and the other person follows along. We keep doing this, till we hit a dead end, and then just do a scenario change.

I really actually love this game, and doing things that are random and kind of just get you on a more personal level with people. I feel like it’s really great, really fun, and just totally random as you would say.

 

-Travis (or you can call me Tron as well)

Liberation for One Engineer

by superambitioussoup

Gamer Voice: “TOTALLY AWESOME”

THE GOOD: That pretty much sums up this evening.* With a little “Whose Line is it Anyways?” to get things rolling, I felt at home. Even though I was asked to speak (me speak in public?!?!), after a few more laughs and many more EPIC FAILS, in the end, today was a liberating experience.

THE NOT SO GOOD: But there is still work to be done. Even by the end of class, I still felt held back by the reservations that Saif(?) briefly mentioned. I am still not ready to let my inner child out just yet. I can only hope that with the great support that I saw today, I can break out of this shell that has long defined the stereotypical Asian male engineer. (…one small step for an engineer…one giant leap for engineers of the world…unfortunately, Saif beat me to it…)

*This excludes the hiccup in the reflections in the end. If my right sidekick is reading this right now, I apologize profusely. I will try to be more observant next time. I also apologize for forgetting your name. If it makes you feel better, I forgot all the other names too…sorry