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You might run into this 12-meter-long dragon and have to do that cartwheel-legged, Scooby Doo run off the premises. This sculpture was constructed by Valve, a Finnish LARPing group who built (and left) it there last month. Between this and the Wizard Quest in Wisconsin, we have a good case for building more dragons in random geographical locales. More »
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These stark socialist sculptures in Bulgaria have an almost Zardoz-like aesthetic about them. You half expect a coterie of post-apocalyptic stormtroopers to come piling out, armed with laser-axes designed to crush the edifice of bourgeois oppression. More »
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GenCon brought thousands of gamers to Indianapolis last weekend, and with them some serious geeky fun and costumery. Here's our photo gallery of the most amazing sights. More »
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The Wild Hunt, a recent film festival standout, is playing in a limited number of Canadian cities this week. It's about what happens when live-action role players take themselves far too seriously. I love the funny/evil tone of the trailer. More »
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Goodbye regular live-action role-players, and hello live-Avatar role-players. Get a sneak peek into the rapidly growing world of Avatar LARPs. Yes, it's a parody. And yes, one of the characters does have Na'vi sex with a flower. More »
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Peter Dinklage is not only one sexy Star Wars quoting minx, but allegedly in talks for Knights of Badassdom, a film about LARPers who awake a real demon. Dinklage would make a gorgeous Knight, we'll fight anyone who says otherwise. More »
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This wins the prize for Best Rant Ever. A German live action role player (LARPer) named Kalle yells at Americans for being poseurs when they LARP. It devolves into Kalle beating the photographer with a stick. More »
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What is it with ghosts and Google maps? First it was a nineteenth century ghost in Wales. Now we're seeing the ghosts of fifteenth century knights in Pittsburgh, where so many crucial battles between great kingdoms took place. via Clandestine Industries More »
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Last week, we told you about how artist Brody Condon got a Rhizome grant to do a play based on William Gibson's cyberpunk classic Neuromancer, which he would be staging at a barn in rural Missouri with a cast taken from a local Baptist Church amateur drama group. Condon's other art is equally wonderful and bizarre, often including recreations of video game fights acted out by members of the Society for Creative Anachronism. I caught up with Condon via e-mail, and found out that he's actually in the middle of staging his biggest, strangest mashup of art and gaming yet. More »
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I was lying there incapacitated in the geoscience lab, wounded by a creepy, clawed alien, when one of the suits from Corporate approached. "Got any ammo?" he said briskly. "No, sir." "Then gimme your gun." He yanked my ST-99 assault rifle from my hands, then set it on a nearby counter. The range light was still on, nearly blinding me as he ruffled through spent ammo clips desperately. He must have found one, because he jammed it into the gun and made a mad dash for the alien cave, yelling, "I need that egg!" This really happened to me yesterday at Origins Game Fair, and it can happen to you, too. More »
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