You didn’t play the Go Game, so you lose automatically

This past Sunday, I joined Hanawalt, Hanawalt 2, and Hanawalt GF, in playing The Go Game's community melee "The Menace in Venice."

You weren't there, so you lose. BIG TIME. (OK, John Russell, you were there, but you really did lose, so it doesn't matter.)

What's the Go Game? Run by Myles Nye, the QuizMaster and Challenge-BoyGenius(not to be confused with ChallengeBoy-Genius), the Go Game is described as an urban scavenger hunt, but it's really much much more than that. It wasn't started by Myles, but Myles runs the Los Angeles division (they're all over the map), and this is the second Los Angeles based community game they've had this year.

Basically, you get a computer cell phone and a digital camera, and when the starter gun fires, you start getting missions sent to your phone. Navigating the game zone, in this case, the Venice boardwalk, you complete these missions by answering questions and completing tasks. Sounds easy right? Not so fast, meanwhile, there is a watergun-toting assassin gunning for you, you're competing with twelve other teams, and you only have two hours to rack up as many points as you can.

When you reach the end destination, which is some sort of café, more points are awarded based on your "judgeable missions-" pictures and videos you take that all game participants vote on with their phone-puters.

It's a blast. Our team placed fifth out of twelve, with a total of about a hundred people in all playing the game.

Go to the Go Game website and sign up for their e-mail list about community games so when the next one comes around, you can form a team and compete with us!