


I knew this would not only help me and my friends and family learn some new foreign-language words and facts, but also help us exercise the frontal cortex of our brains and give us a little dopamine rush while playing. Unfortunately, a lot of the games I usually play only have an English version, so I decided to create my own 3-round trivia game themed around foreign languages. I’ve played games like Quiplash, Clue, and The Game of Life using Google Hangouts which were all really fun, but I wanted a way to combine the fun of the games I had been playing and the educational side of language learning. But, ever since the beginning of quarantine, virtual socializing is the main way myself and a lot of other people around the world are socializing in general, so I’ve been trying to get creative and make my Zoom happy hours and FaceTime or Skype dates a little bit more fun than just plain conversation. I learned that it can be really easy to let weeks go by without reaching out to certain people, because I’m caught up in my work and my friends here in France. Ever since I moved across the Atlantic Ocean a year and a half ago, I had to start making the conscious effort to stay in touch with family and friends.
