exercise · all tools
The "Google" Game
'If I were to Google you and puppies, what would I find?' — and the answer is whatever memory, story or feeling comes up, not information. Can be themed, and a second round lets the asker 'double-click' anything interesting. Invented on a second date, its creator says, to slow a man down and get to know him instead.
- The manual's own themed examples are 'shame' and 'desire'; themed that way it is a depth-3 exercise
Practical
- Time
- 10-20 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · pairs, small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- dialogic-encounter, narrative-identity
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- authrev.org/ar-games-manual — Authentic Relating Games Manual, paid
- Availability
- In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0 (Authentic Relating Games Manual)
Source link checked 31 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 29 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Amy Silverman (The Connection Movement, New York) — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Variation in the manual: Click and Zoom.
status: checked · added 2026-08-31