In honour of Youth Week Calgary, there were Super Mario Smash Bros. and Mario Kart games on the Wii at the Nose Hill Public Library. I would say that the event was a success because a lot of youth showed up. I’m not sure if it was due to the snacks that were there, but the atmosphere was really fun as I watched several people play Mario Kart and Super Mario. Lots of Calgary Zoo as well as laser tag and paintball passes were handed out to the youth and their hearts and faces were filled with so much joy.
The Super Mario Smash Bros and Mario Kart games were at first based solely on competition, but as time went on, it became less of a competition and a lot more fun. The atmosphere turned out to be very entertaining and amusing. At the event, I was able to interview a player named Fred just to hear his thoughts on how the competition was going.
He said:
“I am playing just for fun and it is very exciting, but I want to be a good sport, I don’t want to be all gloaty. There’s a competitive aspect that gets your heart pumping.”
I was also able to interview a girl called Rachelle, just to get her thoughts on what she felt the atmosphere was like.
She Said:
“I thought it was fun! The atmosphere was really inviting; it felt like an ‘anybody can join’ kind of thing. It would have been cooler if it was in a bigger space with more games and people, but it’s kind of hard to do that in a library, so it was well done for what was possible!”
So as you can see, the event at the Nosehill Library was pretty fun.
