Word Associations and Special Interests

Singularity and I have had a word association game going since March 12. It has been a nice way for me to tap into what he is thinking about. It came as no surprise that the three things he thinks the most about are Mario Kart, Minecraft and Club Penguin, as these are his three special interests (see also my previous post, "Special Interests and Other Interests").

Here is a random page from a day when Singularity and I were playing alone, which I have color-coded. Blue is for Mario Kart; yellow is for Minecraft, and pink is for Club Penguin. 

You can see from the colors that Club Penguin is on a downward trend. Also, my attempts at steering the word association in new directions tend to be futile! 

Here is another page from a day when we were playing with a group of 8 people. 

This was fantastic! When more people were present, Singularity was really able to let go of his perseverations and respond to other people's ideas in a more engaged fashion. In fact, for most of this page, I can't even tell which contributions were Singularity's.