Caine Monroy is one creative little nine-year-old. He took his love of games and arcades and made his own. During the long summer where Caine would spend his days at his fathers used auto parts shop Caine decided to make his own arcade games out of cardboard boxes. Through imagination, cardboard, and tape by the end of that summer, Caine had his own arcade which he created. He would open his arcade to the public on the weekends when he wasn’t in school and would invite his school mates to come. Although he had invited his peers no one would come because no one believed that a nine year old had his own arcade. One day a man came into Caine’s fathers auto parts store looking for a part when he noticed Caine’s arcade. He was Caine’s first customer and soon to be the man that would change Caine’s life. That man’s name was Nirvan Mullick a short film director who was looking for something to film. After he left Caine’s arcade he called Caine’s father and asked permission to shoot a short film about Caine’s arcade. Caine’s father allowed it and within hours of it being posted to reddit and youtube NBC news had gotten wind about and interviewed Caine the same day. Ever sense that fateful encounter Caine’s cardboard arcade has been jumping with customers. Although it is not quite sure how much Caine has made many speculate he is sitting on just under half a million dollars.
It’s always incredible to see what creativity children are capable of. It is so great that Caine was able to take advantage of that and work on something that he loved.
This is an incredible story. I love reading articles like this and seeing how creative young kids can be. I guess I see a little bit of myself in this kid.