Catching up on Pop Culture, 3rd period

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Today there were computers all around. Jon waved at the students. "You've probably noticed a lot of what we're doing is on computers. That's because a lot of recent popular culture either happens on computers or is influenced by what happens there, on social media and so forth. But another aspect is that a lot of people use them for playing games.

"Some of these may be tiny things like Wordle and the like or Solitaire, others may be more involved, like Fortnite. Some have incredibly intricate stories, but we're not going into those here; just be aware of them."

He gestured at the computers. "So, today there are a number of games you can play. Enjoy and ask questions if you have them."

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Having fun!

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Wonder if Jon has ever actually played Fortnite. (Spoiler: no.)

Class activity

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Play games!

If you want to quiz yourself on pop culture, you can try Heardle, Actorle, or Framed.

Or you can shoot people. Virtually.

Talk to Jon

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He's here!

OOC!

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Actorle is either simple or the bane of my f'ing existence. There is no in between.

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Billy Coen

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Billy was just gonna sit and give a wary side-eye to a few of those shooting games. Zombies? Really? People had so little imagination they had to keep making Zombie shooting games?

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"So," Billy asked as he looked from the stack of games then to Jon. "Which have you played? Got any recommendations?" he asked with a hit of a smirk.

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Liberty Hazlett

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Tisarwat

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Liz Sherman

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After her morning, Liz wasn’t sure how well she was up to being in class but she thought she’d at least try and make an effort.

It turned out playing games was an excellent distraction from all of her current problems, she wasn’t going to go for the shooting games but the trivia ones sounded like fun.

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Jon looked back, deadpan. "Oregon Trail."

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Billy was going to say something but, ya know.

"I am somehow not at all surprised," he said dryly. "That definitely checks out."

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Jon shrugged. "We had it at school. It kept me busy."

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"Not that I have much room to talk" Billy admitted. "I used to be fond of shooter games when I was younger."

Funny how military experience and a zombie apocalypses could ruin your perspective on those kinds of games as being 'fun or relaxing'.

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"I was never much into those," Jon said. "But I think that's what Fortnite is. From what I gather."

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Josephine Jones

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Shane Gooseman

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Belle

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"This is one case where you would definitely know better than I" Billy said with a chuckle. "I never kept up with games all that much. Between that and the whole time jump thing, I have no clue what the newer games even are."

See? Like he had told you Jon, there's a lot to learn for your class.

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Belle, being herself, was going to try out the wordle.

"That's trickier than I expected. But fun!"

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"Well, Fortnite is fairly popular, I think," Jon said. "And a lot of mobile games, but there were too many of those to go through. Oh, and sudoku."

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"It varies from day to day," Jon said. "It's an interesting puzzle."