In my dream last night, I was some sort of law-enforcement figure chasing after a villain of some sort who was played by John Goodman. I chased him on foot, I chased him by car, and I chased him by bus (with me sitting comfortably inside and him clinging desperately to the roof). Eventually, our chase took us into the abandoned foundation and ( Read more... )

Sam Tillis: in town this weekend.

.....discuss amongst yourselves.

Essay prompt: Pick a game you play (or have played) and analyze it as well as the subculture associated with its players.
Chosen essay topic: D&D
Minimum essay length: 1250 words
Current essay length: 2115 words.

....now all I need is an introductory paragraph.

Having a class on games is almost certainly the best thing ever.

In the four hours after my return to San Diego, I ( Read more... )

To Do List for Spring Break
-SSBB. Lots of SSBB ( Read more... )

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Or: Power games in the UCSD LARP

History of the LARPThe history of the Ravenloft LARP (known colloquially as RavenLARP) begins not in UCSD, but UC Irvine. In this enigmatic, prehistoric period, little is known except that a group of people conceived of a Live Action Roleplaying game based off the semi-campy horror campaign setting of Ravenloft. ( Read more... )

I went into the on campus performance of "Two Foot Yard," a music group of no renown, with some reservations. After all, their mission statement had enough references to "organic music" and "exploring the boundaries between art and popular culture" to give a modernist theatre critic multiple orgasms. Most of the reason that I went was that it was " ( Read more... )

Second verse, same as the first ( Read more... )

Rules ( Read more... )