Larp: the Colonist
Using "larp" as a super-umbrella term has caused confusion and mental harm.
Opinion
Tears in the Rain
We should care about documenting our larps: and we should find a way to not only preserve that history, but to make it publicly available.
Words of Advice from an Old Witch to Aging Larpers
As we grow older as larpers, do we have to end up as a petrified version of our younger self? Inge-Mette Petersen with some wise advice.
Experience vs. Imagination – Effects of Player Age
It is often stated that imagination is the limit – that anyone can play any role – but is that the reality?
Challenging the Popularized Narrative of History
The popular version of history will always be tempting for larp designers to draw upon – but it brings a load of cultural baggage and assumptions.
History is Our Playground – On Playing with People’s Lives
How can we treat the lives of people who lived and died centuries ago with respect? How much context should we expect the players to study in order to respectfully portray lives of people in the past? In what detail…
Possible, Impossible Larp Critique
We have not developed similar institutions of critique as exist in the world of passive art. The larp community seems to rely on hearsay, impressions and publicity materials.
This Larp Sucked – and Everyone Should Get to Read About It
Larp needs more player feedback – and it doesn’t need to be art critique.
Jaakko Stenros: Retrospective: Documentation, Community, and Research
In the Knutepunkt scene there is a history of larp designers and producers giving retrospectives, where they discuss all of their work. In this talk, here presented in two parts, Dr Stenros takes that format and expands it to other…
Imagining a Zero Carbon Future: Environmental Impact of Player Travel as a Design Choice
Addressing a convenient and uncomfortable blindspot of the community: aviation emissions in international larp.