Day two of the internship, we spent the morning talking about networking and how it is essential for creative careers. I never quite understood how large of a role networking played in the types of careers I’ve thought of perusing. After discussing networking, I had a clearer idea of something I need to start thinking about and practicing as I continue on the path of perusing a creative career.  On the first day I was very nice but also excited to know everyone, during lunch on the second day I became more open to talk to everyone and we interacted as a group, by playing games and engaging in conversation. I was very excited to finally learn about Oh Heck Yeah from creator Brian Corrigan, who let us play games made by his company like “Catchy” and “Tinker Bots.” Brian explained to us the concept of Oh Heck Yeah coming to the streets, he wanted the community to come together and break the barriers that we have. As a community we put up guards when interacting with new people and therefore we become further and further divided and will have less empathy for each other. Brain’s idea is for the community to engage using video games, to bring those guards down and interact to create relationships. I was very inspired by Brain and am looking forward to our own process in designing game concepts, which promote collaboration and interaction.

-Sarah