{"id":234,"date":"2013-07-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2013\/07\/31\/the-famine-teams-district-5-power\/"},"modified":"2013-07-31T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T16:00:00","slug":"the-famine-teams-district-5-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2013\/07\/31\/the-famine-teams-district-5-power\/","title":{"rendered":"The Famine Teams: District 5, Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Jasper here!<\/b>  This is part five in a twelve-part series, looking at the teams who will be playing in <a href=\"http:\/\/thefaminegame.com\/\">The Famine Game<\/a> this fall!<\/p>\n<p>District Five generates power&#8211;the electrical kind, I guess?  That&#8217;s pretty important!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Apetitius Giganticus<\/b><br \/>Boston MA, Las Vegas NV, Providence RI, San Fran CA, Seattle WA<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BYG9mhMFQh0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/BYG9mhMFQh0\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/BYG9mhMFQh0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Now these look like some serious competitors!  I recognize <strike><b>Mike Selinker<\/b> from his wildly successful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/loneshark\/the-maze-of-games-an-interactive-puzzle-novel\"><i>Maze of Games<\/i> Kickstarter<\/a> (plus some <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/BfC-vy0lGoE\">other<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/magazine\/author\/lonesharkgames\/\">random<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ISBN=%201402779240\/curtiscchensfree\">stuff<\/a>),<\/strike> inveterate <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Q4jI9gCg52o?t=12s\">crossword fiend<\/a> <b>Tyler Hinman<\/b>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pavelspuzzles.com\/\">mechanical puzzle maker<\/a> <b>Pavel Curtis<\/b>.  I&#8217;m sure their teammates <b>Rachael Groynom<\/b>, <b>Dan Katz<\/b>, and <b>Scott Purdy<\/b> are no slouches either!<\/p>\n<p>Also, they appear to control a frog puppet, which <i>always<\/i> spells trouble.<\/p>\n<p><b>ETA:<\/b>  Mike Selinker has dropped out, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winstonbreen.com\/\">Winston Breen<\/a> creator <b>Eric Berlin<\/b> has taken his place!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Occam&#8217;s Unicorn<\/b><br \/>SF Bay Area<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kPkjY2shj5Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/kPkjY2shj5Y\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/kPkjY2shj5Y<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Unicorn unicorn unicorn!  That&#8217;s a funny word, isn&#8217;t it?  Unicorn.  Unicorn.  Unicorn.  What was I talking about?  Oh, yeah!  I&#8217;ve seen these humans before too, though not always wearing funny hats.  <\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen Juhlin<\/b> and <b>Erik Stuart<\/b> were part of Game Control for the <a href=\"http:\/\/doctorwhen.com\/\">Doctor When<\/a> Game, which they talked about in SnoutCasts <a href=\"http:\/\/hotsheet.snout.org\/2012\/05\/snoutcast-119-model-growth-connector.html\">#119<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hotsheet.snout.org\/2012\/04\/snoutcast-114-model-growth-connector.html\">#114<\/a>, respectively!  <b>Stephanie Geerlings<\/b> and <b>Rion Snow<\/b> both came to Portland for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wartron.net\/pdx2012.html\">WarTron<\/a> in 2012.  <b>Joanna Bresee<\/b> is apparently good at Sudoku, and she <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joannabresee\">used to work for NASA<\/a>!  Last but not least, <b>Brett Rogers<\/b> has two of the funniest bits in this video, and he <a href=\"http:\/\/hotsheet.snout.org\/2011\/08\/snoutcast-77-geocaching-part-1.html\">knows a lot<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hotsheet.snout.org\/2011\/08\/snoutcast-78-geocaching-part-2.html\">about geocaching<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><i>Next week:<\/i> meet the teams from District Six!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/Jasper.jpg\" alt=\"Jasper\" title=\"Jasper\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jasper here! This is part five in a twelve-part series, looking at the teams who will be playing in The Famine Game this fall! District Five generates power&#8211;the electrical kind, I guess? That&#8217;s pretty important! 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