Thinking about stories and games and larp
Just before that, I was writing this just outside the lift and had an interesting chat with a historian, Ragnhild Hutchison. She underlined a thing not to forget for Wing and a Prayer - make our big departures from history nice and clear in the de-brief, so all the folk there know what was real... Continue Reading →
Experience design is born from commercial interests extending commodities (coffee beans), through goods (coffee grounds), to services (McCoffee), to experiences (....artisan coffee shops) to increase profits. How does that cross to larp? eg: build-a-bear is an experience - you pay to make your own product. The build-a-bear experience is *memorable*. eg The Secret Cinema as... Continue Reading →
It starts. Four lightning talks. I'll try keep up... Even more than usual, this is going to be a half-assed attempt at liveblogging - and these words are mine, not theirs. Except occasionally, by accident. I've tried to keep the sense, and lose the first person cos I'm simply not confident any of this is... Continue Reading →
They had the rights to a bit of IP which *defined* audience participation when the word participation took up to 20 seconds just to say. They had a castle. What they ended up with was: THE GREATEST LARP THAT NEVER WAS ...and this is *precisely* what I was hoping for from Knutpunkt, so thanks Aina,... Continue Reading →
I've been here 45 minutes or so, and I've already lost my namecard. Less normal. I am in doubt. I am very much in doubt. I'm clearly amongst my tribe - this is very definitely a theatre of larpers - but this is not comfortable yet. It's Knutpunkt: a conference of larp that's been going... Continue Reading →
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