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The rule to making your own game is that there are no rules

Creating your own game can lead to lots of laughs, but it can also help teach people how to bond, work together as a team and create some lasting memories, according to comedian Eric Cunningham.
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There's nothing like laughing until your stomach hurts while playing a game with your friends and family — especially when it's a game where you make the rules.

Comedian Eric Cunningham has always loved making up games. So much so, in fact, that he decided to turn it into a way of life, and one that now pays him to do it.

Cunningham was a writer for and , and is currently a writer for the first season of where he has created. He describes himself as a "grown up kid."

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