Games That Trained Us™

“The game was rigged.” Playable protest where flipping the board becomes culture.

Games That Trained Us™ is a cultural deep-dive and field study revealing the hidden curricula of childhood games that secretly trained us for competition, compliance, and capitalism. Moving from dodgeball to Fortnite, this artifact proves that “play” has always been preparation for systems we didn’t choose. The book functions as a viral, tactile shorthand for rebellion, tapping into generational precarity and nostalgia fractures. This solid IP is foundational cultural history, scaling through museums, classrooms, and cultural events as an interactive protest ritual.