On The Friday Zone…

We Got Game!

July 6, 2007

Echo and Friday Zone kids Kevin and Rachel learn about video games from game designer Thom Gillespie.Do you love to play video games? What about board games or group games? You’ll love this week’s Friday Zone where it’s all about games! Thom Gillespie will join us. He is a professor at IU, who teaches students how to make video games. He’ll share his insight with Echo, Rachel and Kevin and will give us a behind-the-screen look at how an idea becomes game play. And if your parents are complaining that you need to exercise more and play less videogames, then you’ll definitely want to see our segment on the new trend in videogames, which gets you off your feet.

Echo will also demonstrate how to make a cool craft project, which is a maze board game made with wood pieces. Click here for the maze activity. And, we’ll show you a fun group game that uses ordinary household items as game pieces. Click here for game activity. You got your game face on? Good! You’ll need it for this very active Friday Zone.