Made Zombies, Run! and Perplex City, wrote You've Been Played and A History of the Future in 100 Objects. Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art. Blog: mssv.net Larp: strandfall.com Video: youtube.com/adrianhon
Wish I were in Shanghai for [[rect*]]repair's HTML Day, where people write HTML by hand in the park! "No internet on site, and no AI allowed ... Yes, you can probably vibecode a webpage in a few seconds, but HTML Day is about the few hours we spend writing together." rect.repair/html-2026/
A few months ago I decided to try out making video essays after a quarter-century of blogging. It's going well so far! Video 1 (May): 900 views I started on easy mode by adapting a talk I'd already given and rounding it out with more film excerpts. Almost 1000 views isn't bad!
The Immersive Austenland Experience and the Impossibility of Romantic LarpYouTube video by Adrian Honyoutu.be70+ NPCs in this 1940s Shanghai game is one of the highest performer numbers I've seen for what looks like commercial immersive theatre/larp. Shades of Secret Cinema here, but this is longer and more interactive... (via @mjandersen.bsky.social)
6 hours. 70+ NPCs. 100+ storylines. You don't just watch the story — you live it. You pick a team, get a role, and suddenly you're in 1940s Shanghai, scheming with gangsters, negotiating with merchant...TikTok video by MeetPandawww.tiktok.comI feel like "dopamine apps" are an elemental form of hypercasual games, life sims, and idle games. Sometimes you just want to press a thing and play pretend without all the other fluff. At the same time, a fake food/fashion delivery app is prime ARG fodder...
Why people are ordering fake food and fashion deliveries on free ‘dopamine apps’Even when an app is free, there are downsides to watch out for – including how your choices can help advertisers better target you in real life.theconversation.comDo I know any first aiders who could help at our Strandfall orienteering larp on Sat 5th September in Edinburgh? We’d be super grateful and can make it worth your while!
StrandfallSurvive the Stormstrandfall.comGreat news: the talks from Jubensha Con are now available online for FREE! Big thanks to our amazing speakers for agreeing to this, and to Joe Strickland at @chronicinsanity.bsky.social for producing the videos. A lot of much bigger and more expensive conferences don't do this – but we just did.
Jubensha Con 2026 - YouTubeThe talks given at JubenshaCon 2026 Find out more about the convention at https://jubenshacon.com Buy jubensha from: https://jubensha.co.uk https://www.suspe...www.youtube.comHad a blast at @lockwoodimmersive.com’s new Shades of Grey escape room, which uses Obra Dinn/Golden Idol-style deduction mechanics for puzzles and storytelling! Based in Toronto, a must-play for anyone into Obra-likes! www.lockwoodimmersive.com/shades-of-grey
Is there an argument that video games are the true millennial form of art?
Ryan BroderickI wrote about the lost decade of millennial creativity www.garbageday.email/p/you-get-wh...
I’ve been bingeing John Wick lately and mulling on the whole “men just want to pay for things with gold coins” meme - and of course has already been a John Wick larp
A Villain's Villain: "The Continental" LARP Report - David D. LevineI’ve just returned from Spain, where I participated in a Live Action Role Play event called “The Continental,” a game of international super-assassins set in the universe of the John […]daviddlevine.comReally enjoyed @mjandersen.bsky.social’s post on the parallels between Kai Cenat’s “Streamer University” and blockbuster larps!
Streamer University and Thoughts on EducationKai Cenat's newest event offered up three very different answers to the question of what a streamer's education can look likeopen.substack.comUrban Dead, the text-based massively multiplayer zombie apocalypse game, has been revived (revivified?!) by fans as Worldwide Dead!
Worldwide Dead - A Free Multi-Player Web-Based Zombie Apocalypsewwdead.comI thoroughly agree! After all, the direct product of the OG Camelot myth was real life Round Table tournaments where medieval dudes role played as Lancelot, got into fights, hung out, feasted, told tales - classic third place social fun!
Zack DavissonI ask as always: What were these mythical "third places that previous generations had available to them?" The whole idea of "third places" is just so much Camelot mythmaking.
The gamblers yearn for a Bloomberg Terminal larp
Kalshi Launches Advanced Trading TerminalKalshi Pro is the latest step in company’s evolution from a retail app to a full-service financial exchangenews.kalshi.comThis is satire, but I’m over people using “larp” as a shorthand for dissimulation and scams. 404 Media recently did the same. IMO it’s a consequence of larp becoming a political pejorative, and it’s Not Good.
LARP — Revenue infrastructure for serious foundersSend them $10,000. They send you $10,000. You've both booked $10,000 in revenue. Cash never moves. Everybody's a rocketship. (Satire.)www.larp.website