When we were in the North-East, we saw so many different types of mushrooms. The kids were fascinated by all the variety. One of their favorite things to do was play "Mushroom Hunters" where they would each carry a camera and take pictures of every mushroom they saw. Consequently, we have a lot of mushroom pictures.
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| Matthew posing with a large patch on a stump. |
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| Megan Inspecting a particularly large specimen. |
Matthew came up with the idea to make a real Mushroom Hunters game and would like to know if anyone wants to finance it. Here is his pitch:
In Mushroom Hunters, you begin by walking around outside and taking pictures of any mushrooms you find. Once you have 120 different mushrooms you upload the pictures into the internet and it opens up the ability to find virtual mushrooms by looking at your phone. You then search and find all the different types of virtual mushrooms and when you do that then you can start capturing them and fighting them. You could have different types of balls that you would capture them in. Any resemblance to other video games at this point is purely coincidental.
Matthew also came up with another plan. He thinks that I should "get fired" from Intel and become a mushroom farmer. I asked him why he didn't become the mushroom farmer and he said that he didn't think he would like to do it every day, but if I did it he would come to help me out a lot. He would also help finance it. On the first of the month, he would give me a penny, The next day, two cents, then three etc. He wouldn't pay on his birthday, but would pay double on my birthday, assuming we would give him free mushrooms.
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| These little ones growing outside a hole in the ground were obviously troll food. |
