Thomas B.
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After the tough parts, it’s time to celebrate the good stuff that came out of running Technocculte. Player feedback is still flowing in so I’ll summarize once I get it all in, the comments below are, just like the “fails” post, my own assessment of the game.
Emotions
Players had […]
Over the past two days I ran five sessions of Technocculte, split over two nights (for more on this <2h, 4-player game, click here). Some things were great, some not-so-great, so I’ll start with the «could have been better» stuff so that I don’t forget it. A lot of it is common sense, […]
I spend most of my time in social circles where people rarely listen to hip-hop. For some it comes from lack of exposure, but for others it’s a sort of blanket dismissal of the genre. As I don’t take “no” for an answer and as there are many reasons to dislike hip-hop, I use of […]
In 1959, Roger Vadim released Les liaisons dangereuses 1960, a then-modern adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ epistolary novel (read Wikipedia for a plot summary). The director alone made the movie a must-watch. Beyond his film career, Vadim is famous in France for being married to some of the most beautiful women […]
As Arte is playing Tournée tonight, the movie of the larp (explanations here) was released on Arte’s website today. It’s in French, but you get to see how the game looked like.
For an in-depth review by an experienced larper (who played the dude with the hat), feel free to
Explanations etc. are in part 1.
LARP various electronic devices
Kreyl Laurelindo et Vladimir Iachounski presented custom-designed electronic special effects made for Russian games, from fantasy to scifi. We rarely see Russian larp things in France beyond battle videos, so getting a glimpse at the technology side of things was fun. There were […]
Once a year, larpers gather in Paris to talk about their hobby, share tips and schmooze at the GNiales. Originally directed at a French-speaking audience of larp organizers and «players who want to become organizers», since last year the event has gotten much more international, with a full track of items […]
A few weeks ago, the fine folks that had brought us the first Swiss steampunk larp, returned with the Mad Max-inspired « T’as pas dix balles ?? » (« Can you spare ten [bucks or bullets is the same word in French] ?? »). I had originally hoped to fulfill one of my larp fantasies at this […]
After my initial comments, here are pictures and further personal impressions on the transmedia experiment that closed a few weeks ago.
The Series
Watching The Spiral was really fun. In many ways, this was the first time I watched a very European drama, something that had “EU” stamped all over […]
About ten days ago I attended the first SlutWalk in Geneva, Switzerland. SlutWalks are demonstrations with simple mottos like “don’t tell me how to dress, tell them not to rape”. Rape victims are rape victims, whatever they wear, and rapists are criminals, period. Organizers get attention from the […]
