HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AFRIKKIN HASHTAG!!!!! Wow, how did that happen? Just about a year ago i stumbled on to this weird phenomenon called Hashtagging Games and it felt like it had been created for me. Shortly after that, a girl called Breezy Puffs let me co-host a game she ran and i think about a week after that Jeff and Robyn and the crew at @HashtagRoundup who run the game app, found a space [...]
Objection, you honour! Um... that comment... contained traces of nuts? We thought it might be fun to see what kind of lame, over-the-top, creative and inspirational alternative Lawyer Court Objections you could all come up with... we were not far wrong... [The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun people from all around the world take part in what is [...]
In South Africa, the refrain "You must pay back the money!" has been a common one over the last few years. It refers to our state president, Jacob Zuma, and a criminal amount of tax-payers money that was used to update his private residence including a million rand amount that was used for the swimming pool which they then claimed was a "Firepool" in case the house caught fire. This is now a national in-joke [...]
Yes, we all know they are gloves, but if we were more honest with ourselves we'd all be calling them Finger Pants, right? This week we decided to take a look at some more accurate names for everyday things that we know and love... [The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun people from all around the world take part [...]
There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who play 'board games' and those who play board games. Oh, and my dad. He hates all games. Three kinds of people in the world... Our chief weapon is Settlers of Catan, that's right... The Settlers of Catan, sometimes shortened to just Catan, is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber and first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as Die [...]
Some people get frustrated by internet bots, others [like AFH] choose to embrace them and even have a favourite [@Seinfeld_bot although @BotSchmot runs a close second] so we thought that would be a great theme for this week's game. [The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun people from all around the world take part in what is called a [...]
Remember the last time you logged on to the Twitterer and there wasn't a #EndOfJustinBieberParty or #SwiftIsOVerParty? Me neither cos it feels like a fun idea that has gotten so old that every day there's a new one. So we decided to make the most of it and ask YOU what parties you might not expect to see when logging on to the Twitterer... [The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [...]
Is there a word you really can't stand? We asked the question and moist of you responded quickly... [The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun people from all around the world take part in what is called a Hashtag game. @AFrikkinHashtag [say it out loud] is South Africa’s #1 Hashtag game and is always a lot of fun. The [...]
What stopped you from playing the game you're playing by telling us what stopped you from playing it? That's right, two weeks ago AFH decided to go full meta and we brought @math_tagger with us for the ride... [The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun people from all around the world take part in what is called a Hashtag [...]
With the Olympics fading off into the distance, it's a good time to remember what stopped you all from winning when we played this Hashtagging game two weeks ago: [The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun people from all around the world take part in what is called a Hashtag game. @AFrikkinHashtag [say it out loud] is South Africa’s [...]
