The Space Between Stories: A Blog About Stories, How We Tell Them, and Designing for the Best Narrative Possible
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A Beginner’s Guide to LARP
LARPing can be intimidating. You are in an often crowded room full of people you don’t know. They are loud and dramatic. There is a lot of action happening at once and you’re not certain where to look. Or, worse? Sometimes there is no action happening and you are nervous if you have a deep…
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Meyerhold Onto That Feeling
(This is an old post from an old, old blog I used to run. It seemed quite relevant to my work nowadays, so I wanted to repost things here. Written by Ericka Skirpan, 2013) It has always been important to me, as a gamer and a storyteller, to live in the moment. Now, you may…
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Queerness and LARPing Day Four: Cole and Emrhys Benson
Today’s stories come from two more people whom I greatly admire. The stories are more full of advice and challenges, so I find them particularly valuable for younger queer LARPers and allies who want a better understanding of how to be GOOD allies to queer LARPers. In the words of Cole… “Prior to my first…
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Queerness and LARPing Day 3: Lex Pulice-Farrow and Maeve Agreste
Today, I’m bringing you the words of two people I incredibly admire in gaming. The community of Dystopia Rising gave me the pleasure of meeting both Lex and Maeve; but better yet, it let me see their amazing storytelling skills in action. They both speak from a place unfamiliar to me, about transgender issues and…
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Queerness and LARPing, Day Two: Michelle Stagnitta
There is no way to celebrate Pride better in my mind that to let my girlfriend showcase herself. While not all of you know her, she’s been in LARPing almost as long as I have and has been an advocate for queer gamers even LONGER than I have. Her experience wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows,…
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LARPing While Queer…
In celebration of Pride month, this week’s blog is actually going to be a series of essays from several people I know and trust around the gaming community. These brief essays come because I think it is important to hear these voices, and because the gaming community has often been such a good space to…
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