Category: gaming events

SKIP SMALL TALK, HAVE BETTER CONVERSATIONS: DR. CHERINI GHOBRIAL’S CARD STORY

SKIP SMALL TALK, HAVE BETTER CONVERSATIONS

Small talk sucks! The unCURATED card game conquers chitchat once and for all!

unCURATED is a memento to late nights on the porch, where an exchange of meaningful stories forged better conversations, deep-rooted relationships, and stronger connections.

Its founder and creator, Dr. Cherini Ghobrial, hopes that each card pulled moves you closer to a solidified emotional foundation and further away from surface-level interactions.

About Dr. Cherini Ghobrial, Creator & Founder of unCURATED

After graduating from pharmacy school, where she earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, Dr. Ghobrial wanted to pursue health beyond physical wellness. Her current journey tackles the small-talk crisis.

The unCURATED card game is three rounds of creative questions designed to spark meaningful conversations, cultivate connection, and tend to all things essential to our emotional wellness.

My hope for unCURATED is that by creating spaces to ask better questions, together, we can create spaces where we can be seen, where we can see others, and where we can see ourselves more deeply. Where we can realize our shared belonging to each other, and remind each other that we’re not alone. –Dr. Cherini Ghobrial

At the beginning of the creative process, Dr. Ghobrial was unsure how impactful or far-reaching unCURATED would be. But her vision became crystal clear once she realized how much humans resent small talk. Conquering unpleasant pleasantries with more thought-provoking questions, unCURATED allows a genuine interconnection to enter the chat.

Our Small World Moment

There’s no better feeling than seeing a client’s card game being played and enjoyed. –Shuffled Ink Staff

By chance, hundreds of miles away from Shuffled Ink‘s Orlando manufacturing facility, one of our employees spotted Dr. Ghobrial’s unCURATED decks at Valor Coffee in Downtown Alpharetta, Georgia.

The wonderful humans at this brick-and-mortar shop think the world of unCURATED’s mission and have happily offered the game for several years now.

“I remember packing and shipping those cards,” our team member said. “So, it was really cool to see her game out in the real world.”

Say Hello! Find unCURATED At These Locations

Since launching in 2019 and winning the Plywood Presents: Idea Competition in Atlanta, the unCURATED card game has shipped across the globe to countless individuals and businesses.

So, whether you spot the deck by coincidence or pop into one of its East Coast vendors, be sure to grab a deck, join a group, and start connecting!

If we manufactured your card project and you would like us to share your Card Story on our blog, feel free to connect with our Marketing Team here.

OUR FAVORITE COMICS AND NERD-CENTRAL EVENTS IN 2018

OUR FAVORITE COMICS AND NERD-CENTRAL EVENTS IN 2018

Nerd culture has swept the nation over the last decade, and even professional athletes have hopped on the bandwagon. If you didn’t notice the United States’ increasingly nerdy trend before, well you certainly must have after seeing seven-foot tall NBA players wearing glasses and suspenders. Nerdy is the new hip, and yesterday’s Steve Urkel is today’s Arthur Fonzarelli. Here’s a list of our favorite comics and nerd-central events in 2018.

THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (SFFSFF)

For both entertainment and inspiration sci-fi nerds and fantasy nerds alike need look no further than the Science Fiction And Fantasy Short Film Festival in Seattle, WA. The SFFSFF premieres short works by filmmakers around the world over the span of the summer.

BARCADE

Those who lived and played games in arcades in the late 1980s and 90s are not kids anymore, but that doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy a good ole’ fashion trip down memory lane! Barcade in Brooklyn, NY caters to these adults by housing many of the old arcade favorites while providing delicious beverages and a more mature ambiance.

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE RACE/MARATHON

Have you ever fantasized about running for a horde of brain-eating zombies? Or, on the contrary, ever wanted to actually be in that same zombie horde? Well, now you can do both! Run For Your Lives hosts dozens of races across the U.S. where runners can be racers or zombies. It’s like cowboys and indians for adults.

CAFE MOX

Arcades don’t always need to be dark and dusty layers that reek of nerd-sweat. Case in point, Cafe Mox in Seattle, Washington (which, as it turns out, is a great place for nerds). It board-game-playing and other somewhat geeky hobby playing for the more refined, 21st century nerd of today. Cafe Mox is great whether you want to just hang out with friend while sipping on coffee and playing Monopoly or if you want to focus in on a deadly serious game of Dungeons and Dragons

NINTENDO WORLD

 

As all video game aficionados in New York City know, Nintendo World is the place to go. This place has everything, and it even serves as a museum to Nintendo’s long and exciting history with a Museum-of-natural-history-style display case filled with old handheld consoles and games.

 

 

THE WORLD QUIDDITCH CUP

What’s better than reading J.K. Rowling’s high-flying descriptions of Quidditch? Playing it of course! Quidditch (albeit without the flying) is one part of Hogwarts that actually exists in the real world. For six years running the International Quidditch Association (IQA) has hosted what’s called The Quidditch World Cup, a competition where every year college teams from all over the globe compete with one another and battle it out with one another to become tournament champions!

There you have it, our favorite comics and nerd-central events in 2018. And if you yourself are a nerd we assume there’s something else you probably like: board games. Well, why not take your nerdiness to the next level and create your own? Find out how simple it is to create a customized board game. Then choose your own design and get started!

● Official Shuffled Ink website: ShuffledInk

● Make Your Own Custom Card Games at: ShuffledInk