Hacking games is part and parcel of the indie gaming scene, and to a lesser extent, many live game communities. But what does “hacking” really mean, and why do it?
New in Larp: American Freeform and more
The American Freeform Bundle drops. Is edu-larp going to the White House? The D&D Campaign swapping dice for yoga and more!
Introducing American Freeform
An effort at defining the new genre of American Freeform.
Mad About the Boy in Wyrd Con Book
The Wyrd Con Book, edited by Sarah Lynne Bowman and Aaron Vanek is out. The book is an anthology of essays about gaming and larp put out by California’s Wyrd Con convention. It’s available for free download here. I’ve got
New in Larp: August 13
Gender, and race, and religion, oh my! What’s new in larp on the web, from a must-watch talk on larp safety to a Swiss larper’s explanation of the US scene.
New in Larp: July 22, 2012
New in larp: The Norwegians organize a larpwriter summer school in Lithuania; Annika Waern wonders whether stories emerge out of video games in the dope-est blog entry I’ve read in a long time, and Leaving Mundania ends up in The Daily Beast and Washington Post!
DEXCON Fun & Larp Link Love
I head to DEXCON, and larpers across the world release books, comics, columns, and series.
The Solmukohta Culture Report
I’ve written about the programming that I enjoyed at Solmukohta, but I’ve got more observations scrambling to escape my noggin. Here they are, in no particular order: Travel Fatigue Foreign travel depresses my natural level of pep. There’s something about
Solmukohta Ahoy
After my stop in Denmark for Fastaval, I headed to Helsinki to participate in Solmukohta, the Finnish installation of the Knutepunkt conference that rotates its way around the Nordic capitals, changing its name according to the local languages. The event