Author: M Scott Anderson

My friends and I recently got together for a game night. We played a board game that neither of us had played before, and it was a little complicated. Though we all enjoyed the company, the game wasn’t as fun as it could have been. This month I found in the Toy Box three games that are simple enough to not get in the way of the fun. Scribblenauts Showdown The new Scribblenauts is a party game for up to four players. In versus mode a group plays many rounds of mini games. There are two types of mini...

In high school I took a class called Mythology. We mainly read and discussed Greek mythology. It was there that I first heard about The Hero’s Journey while discussing Odysseus and his Odyssey. The Hero’s Journey is basically a storytelling template, a bullet point list of things that happen to a hero in a story. It can be used to map out your own writing or to analyze other stories like The Odyssey. This month the Toy Box will start with an Odyssey and end with a Hero, so let’s start our journey. Super Mario Odyssey First, we have...

A new year has started, and it’s time to pick out your New Year’s Resolution. This past year, I resolved to celebrate a national holiday every day, since there is at least one each day. I am very thankful that’s over but I haven’t yet decided on what I should resolve to do this year. This month in the Toy BoxI have found some great items to go along with some very common resolutions to help me decide.  If your resolution is to go outside more, you might want to get a Tentsile Tree Tent. This tent is suspended...