The organizers of Intercon get a mention in Wired Blogs as being "ridiculously cute":

http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/fanblogging_ari_1.html

Which, of course, we are.  ^_^

The Bunny System is BACK, BEEYATCHES!!!

tpau just reposted an article about the true spirit of Christmas and the supposed war thereon. This, of course, got me thinking about the winter holiday from my own culture ( Read more... )

500-600 sheets of copy paper,
167 4"x6" index cards,
40 16"x9" manila envelopes,
10 6.5"x9.5" manila envelopes,
1 black binder,
7 sheets of mailing labels,
and 4 new LarpML features later,

it's done.

I have this thing down to a SCIENCE. Totally pumped for game tomorrow. :)

I went to Intercon Mid-Atlantic this past weekend. Lots and lots of details behind the cut...

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The phone rang. Startled, I picked it up.

Me: Hello?

Person: Hello, Mrs. Budin?

Me (amused): Mrs.?!

Person: (pause) Hello, Mr. or Mrs. Budin?

Me: Yeah, it's Mr.

Person: *click*

Hi, guys. It's September 20, and that means there's only one month left until The Game of Empire, a lost classic of weekend-long LARP set to run at Brandeis University, just outside Boston. There's only one problem: the game REQUIRES 50 people to run, and we only have 16 signed up as of this writing ( Read more... )

Hello, Boston Gamers! Are you interested in Live Action Roleplaying? Brandeis University's BSCF LARP Conspiracy, in cooperation with Foam Brain Productions and SILWest, is proud to present a classic weekend-long LARP. For the first time in over a decade on the East Coast, it's...

THE GAME OF EMPIREOpen to the public, $5 suggested donation ( Read more... )

"I have to say, Mr. Wright, I'm impressed."

I've been playing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney on the Nintendo DS. This is, without a doubt, my favorite computer or video game I have seen since 1997. Now, if you're a gamer, you're probably thinking, "for the love of God, why?" That's a fair question. After all, between 1997 and now, we've seen ( Read more... )

Hello, LARPers! I'd like to take a short chunk of your time to tell you about an upcoming major LARP event at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. Foam Brain Productions and the BSCF LARP Conspiracy present the first East Coast run of a classic weekend-long LARP in over 10 years:

THE GAME OF EMPIRE
October 20-22

In ages past, it was prophesized ( Read more... )