Wyrd Con 2012: Larp Meets Transmedia
At Wyrd Con, I learned about transmedia, alternate reality games, and hobnobbed with the west coast's finest larpers and game designers.
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The Corn Curl Experiment
AIDS, a 30-year-old corn curl, and eternal friendship. My new nonfiction essay in The Good Men Project.
This Week in Larp: Web Series
Larp is blowing UP y’all. Two new webseries have arrived. Realm of LARP is a reality series released via the Nerdist YouTube channel, and will launch next week. In the meantime, they’ve got a teaser that explains what larp is:…
Olympic Quidditch
In a sure sign that all of the world will larp at least once before the apocalypse, I recently learned that muggle quidditch may be played alongside more quote-unquote ‘normal’ sports at the 2012 summer Olympics in London. How do…
How to Cut a Freeform Game
Cutting freeform games isn't easy. In this first post from my new series on freeform, experienced GMs give advice on cutting short, cutting to enhance mood, and more.
Leaving Mundania Bonanza
Since I last wrote with an update on Leaving Mundania, the book has been cooking in the media. I’ve been podcasted, broadcasted, filmed, questioned, and written up in a variety of awesome outlets, both big and small. In case you…
A Civil Excursion to the Steampunk World’s Fair
I don’t get Steampunk. (yet) There. I said it. This weekend, husband and I excursed to the Steampunk World’s Fair in Piscataway, New Jersey to get a load of this thriving subculture, which incorporates Victorian fashion, anachronistic technology, and old-timey…
Leaving the Larp Closet
Come out of the larp closet in three easy steps: explain it to non-gamers using analogy, own it and forget about the haters, documentation doesn't hurt. Advice from seasoned gamers.
Leaving Mundania Hits the BBC!
The BBC films a segment on Leaving Mundania, and a great review from Geekadelphia.
Leaving Mundania Launches; OED Recognizes “LARPing”
Leaving Mundania hits stores, and the Oxford English Dictionary adds "LARPing."