I Played Touchy/Feely™ w/ Creator, Candace Johnson: A Game of Mental & Physical Intimacy
The current landscape of Sex & love
In an over-sexualized world where so much of our media exposure is charged with subliminal intention, the fight for intimacy and connection has become an unexpected societal battleground.
As we continue to immerse ourselves in a social media-driven multimedia landscape, our expectations and envy can shift subliminally in opposition to what someone else has and what we don’t. Even if it’s not something we particularly value.
In that fictional world of WANT driving our media output & e-commerce — love, connection, and intimacy have taken a backseat to lust and lavishness.
*To be clear, I’m not saying that lust and lavishness are always bad. I’m saying connection and intimacy are important… and everything is good in moderation.
“yoga” on TikTok yields many results similar to this… a good example of a social media landscape oversexualizing anything & everything to get clicks, clout, and cash.
Games & Media
Today, most board and card games can be played on the phone and the handheld card and board games are losing some ground. Sure, Cards Against Humanity and a few other games have made waves, and card games will always have their place in society, but EVERYTHING has been digitized at this point. A quick app store search reveals several off-brand attempts to cash in on C.A.H.’s current lack of app.
So how do we Inject INtimacy & Connection into this world?
Who will save the day and connect people on an intimate level through paper?
Candace Johnson, and her brand new adult intimacy card game, Touchy/Feely… that’s who.
Touchy/Feely creator & founder of Gooshy Candy, Candace Johnson
I met Candace at our guy, Big Rube’s birthday party, and we became quick friends. About a week later, we had dinner at one of University City’s best restaurants, Louie Louie. Over the course of the meal, we discussed the current media landscape, our plans for our respective projects, and we drank overpriced cocktails and a bottle of San Pellegrino, which I ordered on accident when the waiter asked me “sparkling or still.” Rookie mistake, but the meal was phenomenal.
Then we went upstairs to a private lounge to play… AKA THE LIBRARY
My 4-star rated answer (out of 5) called for a kiss, and, together, we chose neck as the erogenous zone.
I think the best way to describe Candace is free.
She is unapologetically driven and indulgent in the areas of life in which she prefers to be. You’re just as likely to see an instagram post from her promoting the game at a luxurious networking event as you are to see her in lingerie. She’s highly intelligent and has done an incredible job branding and marketing the game in only a few short months since its launch. It wouldn’t shock me to see it on shelves all over the place in the near future. It could just as easily be sold at Target as it could Condom Kingdom.
The game is described as such:
TOUCHY/FEELY™ is an adult* intimacy card game, enticing captivating communication coupled with tantalizing touch. 80 conversational cards employing 16 erogenous zones offer infinite opportunities to be pleasurefully raw and real.
Levels & Expectations
Level 1 is what you’d play on a first date, or even with a friend you may or may not be attracted to. Level 4 is what you’d play after 10 years of marriage. That doesn’t mean a first date can’t play level 4 or a married couple can’t play level 1. Candace and I mostly played level 1 but I pulled a few cards from the advanced levels as well, for the sake of science & journalism.
I went in with the assumption it would be a classy foray with selectively seductive moments. I wasn’t wrong, but what I didn’t expect was a therapeutic outpouring of the romantic part of the soul to someone I’d only hung out with twice. Not that every moment of the game was that deep, naughtiness is accessible (especially when you’re not playing in a public library), but it was a voyage through intimate waters that left me feeling excited and exposed.
As for the overall experience, it certainly brings forth the potential for a deeply intimate, emotional, and unique connection between those playing. I can see how this is equally fun and interesting for a date night in the honeymoon phase, as it is for a reality check between a married couple of 20+ years.
juicy details
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I learned more about myself and what I’m looking for in a partner in 30 minutes than I did in the last two years.
Candace impressed the shit out of me with her answers. The depth in which she was able to reach within herself, and the understanding she was able to bring outward… honestly, I was a little envious.
I learned the chin is a very under-stimulated part of the body. Didn’t see that one coming.
Candace is brilliant and fine as hell, but I’ll leave the rest of the night up to your imagination.
