L.A.R.P. (Live Avatar Role Playing)
Video footage of the Na’vi People of Hometree, Wisconsin.
Hollow Victory
The Artful Gamer writes about the hollow victory of playing a good character in many roleplaying videogames: “Yet, days later, I feel like Conan the Barbarian, sitting on his throne at the end of the first film like a king who has done it all yet feels ultimately […]
The Dungeon Masters
The gamers profiled in Keven McAlester’s documentary The Dungeon Masters roll d20 against Mundanity. Twitch has a trailer.
The Complete Tree of Contempt
I’ve always wondered how the Geek Hierarchy shakes out, precisely. Follow it all the way to the bottom, one step at a time, for the full effect.
Hero Factory
Yes, the Hero Factory is holding out for a hero in more than midi form. Choose your outfits. Female heroes have more hair options. Male heroes have more noses. Just like creating a character in a videogame, but without the pesky missions. (Thanks, ‘Col!)
An Ultima Gift
Origin Museum director, Joe Garrity, writes the Artful Gamer about building Richard “Lord British” Garriott an Ultima reagent box: “The Reagent Box ended up to be a 2-year effort in finding the individual reagents and binding each to a velvet base with brass wire, presenting them with a […]
The Cultural Gutter 