[teen] My Internship at Teen Central
My name is Vladimyr and since early April I've been interning with NYPL's teen central on Global Kids' Playing 4 Keeps program. When I first showed up at teen central, everyone was all over the place. But once everything had gotten settled and planned out, the sessions just went by. When we started talking about the game we wanted to create and what should go in it. The gamers(KIDS) just had fun with it, putting in their thoughts, and making it a great atmosphere for everybody. I don't call them kids, I call them gamers. Because they are truly fans of great games, they love great games, and I can truly say that I haven't been around this much gamers before in my life. I tweeted about the day we had to make our own mini game out of chosen objects. That day showed how much fun they have at teen central and the creativity they have, especially working together. I think the best session I've been to was when the guys from Large Animal gaming company stopped by. The kids had finish picking there topic for the game and actually drew pictures and made a storyline for it. A member of teen central named Dominique had to pitch it to the guys who stopped by because the other kids who helped wasn't there. He did a great job and the guys liked it. The gamers at teen central ended up picking Genocide as their game topic. Barry Joseph helped me get this internship because I had nothing to do after I had graduated high school. I would like to thank him and say that being at teen central was probably the best way I've could of spent my free time. I plan on being at the conference on the 27th, cheering teen central on. GOOD LUCK!
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