Monthly Archives: June 2015

A few years ago, we designed a Circus-themed game at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference. It featured world-renowned magicians, jugglers, contortionists, unicyclists & endless shenanigans.

But our hands-down favorite moment? Watching a b-boy challenge our acrobat to a DANCE OFF. Needless-to-say, our guy won:

What do you do when it is Ian Fraser‘s birthday and you can’t be there because you are running a game for a college in Michigan, and they put you up in a dorm room, and all you have are 4 suitcases filled with costumes?

#gamelife 

Here at The Go Game, we’re all about bringing more play and connection to the world. So when we learned about Camp Grounded, we felt that a natural partnership was bound to form.

To kick off that partnership, we became a sponsor for this year’s camp, sent a few of our awesome team members to check it out, and brought our infamous zorb balls with us for a little fun.

Going to camp got us thinking about small ways YOU can bring some summer camp fun to your own office:

1. When you need to create nametags, use a superhero name or a nickname instead of your own. I mean, wouldn’t you smile if someone introduced herself to you as “Beyoncé” (not ironically)? Or “Always Hungry”?
2. Answer emails to co-workers with an animated GIF. There are so many good ones! Like this one, when you want to congratulate someone on a job well done:
3. Stage an office chair race at lunch.
4. “Stealth-disco” a coworker on a conference call: Sneak behind an unsuspecting colleague and dance behind them while another coworker takes a quick video on their phone. 
5. Take a quick play-break for trivia (there are lots of great questions online). 
6. Buy a hula hoop and keep it near your desk. If you absolutely can’t leave your computer because you’re expecting an urgent email, or you’re a salesperson who answers phones, then you can simply stand up and hula hoop for 2 minutes. It’s not only fun, but over time your abs will look AMAZING.
7. To show one of your coworkers that you appreciate him or her, make a simple scavenger hunt that takes that person around the office. You can leave paper clues in planters, under someone’s keyboard, behind the coffee machine, or taped to a bathroom stall. Finish it off with a small gift, like a hand-written card that expresses your gratitude to be able to work with them.

And if you can, just take yourself to camp! Camp Grounded is hosting more sessions this summer, and is already selling tickets for their Northern California camp in 2016. You won’t regret it!

Here at The Go Game, weäó»re all about bringing more play and connection to the world. So when we learned about Camp Grounded, we felt that a natural partnership was bound to form.

To kick off that partnership, we became a sponsor for this yearäó»s camp, sent a few of our awesome team members to check it out, and brought our infamous zorb balls with us for a little fun.

Going to camp got us thinking about small ways YOU can bring some summer camp fun to your own office:

1. When you need to create nametags, use a superhero name or a nickname instead of your own. I mean, wouldnäó»t you smile if someone introduced herself to you as äóìBeyoncí©äó (not ironically)? Or äóìAlways Hungryäó?
2. Answer emails to co-workers with an animated GIF. There are so many good ones! Like this one, when you want to congratulate someone on a job well done:
3. Stage an office chair race at lunch.
4. äóìStealth-discoäó a coworker on a conference call: Sneak behind an unsuspecting colleague and dance behind them while another coworker takes a quick video on their phone.Œæ
5. Take a quick play-break for trivia (there are lots of great questions online).ξ
6. Buy a hula hoop and keep it near your desk. If you absolutely canäó»t leave your computer because youäó»re expecting an urgent email, or youäó»re a salesperson who answers phones, then you can simply stand up and hula hoop for 2 minutes. Itäó»s not only fun, but over time your abs will look AMAZING.
7. To show one of your coworkers that you appreciate him or her, make a simple scavenger hunt that takes that person around the office. You can leave paper clues in planters, under someoneäó»s keyboard, behind the coffee machine, or taped to a bathroom stall. Finish it off with a small gift, like a hand-written card that expresses your gratitude to be able to work with them.

And if you can, just take yourself to camp! Camp Grounded is hosting more sessions this summer, and is already selling tickets for their Northern California camp in 2016. You wonäó»t regret it!