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International Games Day is here! We had not just one, but
TWO days of game playing for all teens. We had a bunch of card games, video
games, board games, online gaming happening in three different locations, and
all staffed by the community center staff, TLAB teens and myself. We had snacks
to refuel. We had prizes raffled. It was lots of marketing, because it never
was done here before, and I was determined to get new teens to come to this
event.
On day one, I was dragged by the teens to play Just Dance 2015,
one of the Xbox One kinect games. I was horrible. The girls were good, and I was trying to keep up, but I could not understand the timing, even
though I do like playing rhythm games with an actual controller. So your body
is the controller, which I’ve never done before, but some of the girls had and
were being very nice to me and each other, which was good to see.
The teens
were so supportive about my lack of skills, and I was just hoping not to mess
them up, or step on their toes because there were 6 of us in a line looking at
the same projector screen. The song they chose was Katy Perry's Dark Horse, which I know the song, but damn that was hard to dance to! I kept saying, What is going on?! I thanked one of the TLAB teens for helping
me try something new.
