Day 13 - Game theatre

Had a great time at the theatre. A weird experimental event where all 200 audience members had a gamepad, controlling a little spherical figure bouncing around on screen. Mine was called Dustin. He had a yellow top and a blue bottom. They kept giving us decision points, whereby the game area was split down the middle: we moved left or right of the line to make a choice. So again and again, throughout the show, they would make us make choices. Some choices were irrelevant; some affected which future choices you could make; some let you jump higher, or changed what your avatar looked like. Some put you out of the game for a few rounds (in jail, or in hospital, or on a trip somewhere).

My most significant decision in the end was to buy Dustin a car - which made him really fast and able to leap great distances. Dustin eventually died in a chasm at age 95. R.I.P...

Probably the most interesting part was the election; four podiums were created, and for each one, the first person who managed to jump onto it (it was quite hard to be that precise) became that podium's Presidential Candidate. They zoomed in on each of the candidates, then everyone was told to flock around the podium they wanted to vote for. We ended up electing a blue-and-red blob called Moses. Once elected, he was barely affected by gravity, and he shot off the top of the screen. This was apparently a glitch - the organizers told him not to jump, and we watched as his shadow slowly slid across the wall. When he came back onto the screen, there was a great round of applause. What a unique medium.

Busy times... I got an MSP group coverage form filled in, and registered my bank account with PayPal. And we'll be going to the School Board to register Michael (this time bringing him with us) tomorrow morning.