Adrian Hon
@adrianhon.bsky.social
Founder and former CEO of Six to Start, made Zombies, Run!, wrote "You've Been Played" and "A History of the Future in 100 Objects".
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art.
Blog: mssv.net
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art.
Blog: mssv.net
This is a great *paid* opportunity for larp designers from @makeascenemn.bsky.social!
Submit a short pitch and if selected get $300 to write the scenario. First-time designers and BIPOC are especially encouraged to pitch – and you can be from anywhere!
Submit a short pitch and if selected get $300 to write the scenario. First-time designers and BIPOC are especially encouraged to pitch – and you can be from anywhere!
Submit a Scenario | MAKE A SCENE!
Calling all scenario authors, past, present, and future! We are seeking brand new live-action roleplaying scenarios exploring the festival theme of Tempo to premiere at Make a Scene in August 2026! We...
makeascenemn.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This is a great *paid* opportunity for larp designers from @makeascenemn.bsky.social!
Submit a short pitch and if selected get $300 to write the scenario. First-time designers and BIPOC are especially encouraged to pitch – and you can be from anywhere!
Submit a short pitch and if selected get $300 to write the scenario. First-time designers and BIPOC are especially encouraged to pitch – and you can be from anywhere!
I have not seen Iron Lung but I do know Markiplier is a Zombies, Run! fan so he’s all good in my book
February 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I have not seen Iron Lung but I do know Markiplier is a Zombies, Run! fan so he’s all good in my book
I am desperate for someone to write a phd thesis on this trend that goes beyond the usual “smh children / it’s just covid” takes
‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served
Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:20 AM
I am desperate for someone to write a phd thesis on this trend that goes beyond the usual “smh children / it’s just covid” takes
Jubensha Con 2026 (London, May 8-9) is almost sold out after only two weeks! If you're on the fence, don't wait too long...
A big reason we're keeping control of numbers is to make sure we have enough games for everyone, especially since this will be a lot of people's first time playing jubensha.
A big reason we're keeping control of numbers is to make sure we have enough games for everyone, especially since this will be a lot of people's first time playing jubensha.
Jubensha Con 2026
The world's first convention about jubensha
jubenshacon.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Jubensha Con 2026 (London, May 8-9) is almost sold out after only two weeks! If you're on the fence, don't wait too long...
A big reason we're keeping control of numbers is to make sure we have enough games for everyone, especially since this will be a lot of people's first time playing jubensha.
A big reason we're keeping control of numbers is to make sure we have enough games for everyone, especially since this will be a lot of people's first time playing jubensha.
The crowdfunding page for Odysseus, the epic Battlestar Galactica-inspired blockbuster larp, is out in preview!
Super thorough and really polished, while remaining unmistakably grassroots. Very excited about this one!
Super thorough and really polished, while remaining unmistakably grassroots. Very excited about this one!
Odysseus – First Light by Ellarion Tales - Indiegogo
Odysseus – First Light is an epic sci-fi larp about survival. Help us build a spaceship and join us onboard!
www.indiegogo.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The crowdfunding page for Odysseus, the epic Battlestar Galactica-inspired blockbuster larp, is out in preview!
Super thorough and really polished, while remaining unmistakably grassroots. Very excited about this one!
Super thorough and really polished, while remaining unmistakably grassroots. Very excited about this one!
Delighted to be sponsoring BUNKER DOWN, a one-night showcase of Scotland-based experimental media and performance artists in Edinburgh's Barnton Bunker!
Curated by Joe DeLappe & Laura Leuzzi, it basically sold out instantly but there is a waitlist. Sat Feb 7th! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bunker-dow...
Curated by Joe DeLappe & Laura Leuzzi, it basically sold out instantly but there is a waitlist. Sat Feb 7th! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bunker-dow...
January 28, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Delighted to be sponsoring BUNKER DOWN, a one-night showcase of Scotland-based experimental media and performance artists in Edinburgh's Barnton Bunker!
Curated by Joe DeLappe & Laura Leuzzi, it basically sold out instantly but there is a waitlist. Sat Feb 7th! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bunker-dow...
Curated by Joe DeLappe & Laura Leuzzi, it basically sold out instantly but there is a waitlist. Sat Feb 7th! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bunker-dow...
The key thing here is that she played *social deduction* video games like Project Winter and Dale & Dawson Stationery Supplies (I hadn’t heard of the latter!)
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The key thing here is that she played *social deduction* video games like Project Winter and Dale & Dawson Stationery Supplies (I hadn’t heard of the latter!)
Played Captain Sonar last night! It's been on my list for years – 4v4 real time submarine battle, what's not to like?
Quick thoughts:
- We played three rounds, each taking under 30 minutes. Way faster than I expected!
- Theming is great, esp. w/ verbal commands, e.g. "STOP! Torpedo launch for J7"
Quick thoughts:
- We played three rounds, each taking under 30 minutes. Way faster than I expected!
- Theming is great, esp. w/ verbal commands, e.g. "STOP! Torpedo launch for J7"
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Played Captain Sonar last night! It's been on my list for years – 4v4 real time submarine battle, what's not to like?
Quick thoughts:
- We played three rounds, each taking under 30 minutes. Way faster than I expected!
- Theming is great, esp. w/ verbal commands, e.g. "STOP! Torpedo launch for J7"
Quick thoughts:
- We played three rounds, each taking under 30 minutes. Way faster than I expected!
- Theming is great, esp. w/ verbal commands, e.g. "STOP! Torpedo launch for J7"
There’s a very fun interplay between walking sim designers and immersive theatremakers being directly inspired by each other in the 2010s!
Less so with filmmakers for the most part - I guess no audience agency there - but still.
(I detail all of this in my forthcoming book…)
Less so with filmmakers for the most part - I guess no audience agency there - but still.
(I detail all of this in my forthcoming book…)
Five years behind the zeitgeist but, wild watching 1917 and realising how much a single shot film reads as a videogame. It’s a walking sim! That’s the only other place you see that sort of pacing, plotting and location-driven narrative!
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
There’s a very fun interplay between walking sim designers and immersive theatremakers being directly inspired by each other in the 2010s!
Less so with filmmakers for the most part - I guess no audience agency there - but still.
(I detail all of this in my forthcoming book…)
Less so with filmmakers for the most part - I guess no audience agency there - but still.
(I detail all of this in my forthcoming book…)
The excellent Immersion larp festival in Turku, Finland is running a Space Suit design challenge!
They have three cool-looking suits with built-in walkie-talkies and wrist computers with messaging. Lots of potential! I won't be entering but I am fascinated by larps using wearable tech...
They have three cool-looking suits with built-in walkie-talkies and wrist computers with messaging. Lots of potential! I won't be entering but I am fascinated by larps using wearable tech...
Call for Larps and Space Suit Challenge – Immersion Larp Festival
www.nordicrpg.fi
January 24, 2026 at 10:34 AM
The excellent Immersion larp festival in Turku, Finland is running a Space Suit design challenge!
They have three cool-looking suits with built-in walkie-talkies and wrist computers with messaging. Lots of potential! I won't be entering but I am fascinated by larps using wearable tech...
They have three cool-looking suits with built-in walkie-talkies and wrist computers with messaging. Lots of potential! I won't be entering but I am fascinated by larps using wearable tech...
I've seen a lot of people criticise Polanski's "theatre" in ads like this or in his delivering of a "contract termination" to Palantir recently.
Here's why I think this misses the point of why theatre (but let's call it embodied performance) is vital in politics...
Here's why I think this misses the point of why theatre (but let's call it embodied performance) is vital in politics...
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:43 AM
I've seen a lot of people criticise Polanski's "theatre" in ads like this or in his delivering of a "contract termination" to Palantir recently.
Here's why I think this misses the point of why theatre (but let's call it embodied performance) is vital in politics...
Here's why I think this misses the point of why theatre (but let's call it embodied performance) is vital in politics...
Me watching Starfleet Academy ep 3: oh so this is totally Hogwarts in space then 🙃
January 22, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Me watching Starfleet Academy ep 3: oh so this is totally Hogwarts in space then 🙃
The people demand more short, high quality deduction games!!
TR-49 is our best launch, ever, in 14 years.
I admit I'm surprised! Made in 9 months, mostly as an experiment to learn Godot, and an excuse to play with some actors. (And for me to do some acting.)
One thing I think IS cool: it's a "one-sitting" game. 4 hours; $7. No commitment required.
I admit I'm surprised! Made in 9 months, mostly as an experiment to learn Godot, and an excuse to play with some actors. (And for me to do some acting.)
One thing I think IS cool: it's a "one-sitting" game. 4 hours; $7. No commitment required.
January 22, 2026 at 11:14 AM
The people demand more short, high quality deduction games!!
Psst - over half the tickets have sold out in just two days!
We might be able to increase capacity a bit but we’re limited by the number of GMs we can rustle up, plus the space itself…
(More announcements about games coming soon!)
We might be able to increase capacity a bit but we’re limited by the number of GMs we can rustle up, plus the space itself…
(More announcements about games coming soon!)
January 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Psst - over half the tickets have sold out in just two days!
We might be able to increase capacity a bit but we’re limited by the number of GMs we can rustle up, plus the space itself…
(More announcements about games coming soon!)
We might be able to increase capacity a bit but we’re limited by the number of GMs we can rustle up, plus the space itself…
(More announcements about games coming soon!)
If you don't use the BBC Sounds app, you might not know that In Our Time is back with a new host, Misha Glenny (their podcast RSS feed is delayed a few weeks)
So far, seems fine!
So far, seems fine!
In Our Time - On Liberty - BBC Sounds
John Stuart Mill's argument for the limits of power that society has over the individual.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
If you don't use the BBC Sounds app, you might not know that In Our Time is back with a new host, Misha Glenny (their podcast RSS feed is delayed a few weeks)
So far, seems fine!
So far, seems fine!
I'm at that point writing my book on immersive experiences where I search for things (e.g. jubensha, the Galactic Starcruiser) and the top results are my own blog posts, which is simultaneously a good and bad sign
January 19, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I'm at that point writing my book on immersive experiences where I search for things (e.g. jubensha, the Galactic Starcruiser) and the top results are my own blog posts, which is simultaneously a good and bad sign
The website is live and tickets are now available for Jubensha Con 2026, the world's first convention about English-language jubensha!
London, 8-9 May, just £15!
Co-organised with the amazing @arlohoward.bsky.social @chronicinsanity.bsky.social, and Suspense Studio (KMS Games)
London, 8-9 May, just £15!
Co-organised with the amazing @arlohoward.bsky.social @chronicinsanity.bsky.social, and Suspense Studio (KMS Games)
Jubensha Con 2026
The world's first convention about jubensha
jubenshacon.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:19 AM
The website is live and tickets are now available for Jubensha Con 2026, the world's first convention about English-language jubensha!
London, 8-9 May, just £15!
Co-organised with the amazing @arlohoward.bsky.social @chronicinsanity.bsky.social, and Suspense Studio (KMS Games)
London, 8-9 May, just £15!
Co-organised with the amazing @arlohoward.bsky.social @chronicinsanity.bsky.social, and Suspense Studio (KMS Games)
Another episode in the continuing saga of “what if you watched other people do immersive experiences instead of playing them yourself?”
Prime Video orders ‘Fallout Shelter,’ an unscripted competition series inspired by the world of ‘Fallout’
The series will be produced by Studio Lambert in co-production with Kilter Films, and in association with Amazon MGM Studios and Bethesda Game Studios.
www.aboutamazon.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Another episode in the continuing saga of “what if you watched other people do immersive experiences instead of playing them yourself?”
Struck by how Chaoyang Trap's 2022 piece on jubensha remains one of the best-written takes on the phenomenon even today.
Not a week goes by without me missing that amazing newsletter on Chinese pop culture. RIP my sweet princes!! 😭😭😭
Not a week goes by without me missing that amazing newsletter on Chinese pop culture. RIP my sweet princes!! 😭😭😭
Assassin’s Screed
“No hookups, yes Jubensha” + more Sleep No More + a history of escape rooms in China + the revolutionary potential of bad endings
chaoyangtrap.house
January 15, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Struck by how Chaoyang Trap's 2022 piece on jubensha remains one of the best-written takes on the phenomenon even today.
Not a week goes by without me missing that amazing newsletter on Chinese pop culture. RIP my sweet princes!! 😭😭😭
Not a week goes by without me missing that amazing newsletter on Chinese pop culture. RIP my sweet princes!! 😭😭😭
I've always thought that Disney stumbled by forcing Galaxy's Edge and the Galactic Starcruiser to stick to a very specific moment in the Star Wars canon, so mixing things up is a good move, whether you prefer this or that trilogy.
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I've always thought that Disney stumbled by forcing Galaxy's Edge and the Galactic Starcruiser to stick to a very specific moment in the Star Wars canon, so mixing things up is a good move, whether you prefer this or that trilogy.
Nice to see pics from Punchdrunk's new "live action video game" Lander 23. I was booked in for a very early showing, but it was cancelled when they delayed opening.
Punchdrunk (well, Felix Barrett) has spoken for many years about wanting to make something with more game mechanics – here it is!
Punchdrunk (well, Felix Barrett) has spoken for many years about wanting to make something with more game mechanics – here it is!
Punchdrunk’s new mission: inside ‘live action video game’ Lander 23 – in pictures
The celebrated immersive theatre company has launched a new multiplayer stealth game at its headquarters in Woolwich, south-east London. Photographer Tristram Kenton was granted special access
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Nice to see pics from Punchdrunk's new "live action video game" Lander 23. I was booked in for a very early showing, but it was cancelled when they delayed opening.
Punchdrunk (well, Felix Barrett) has spoken for many years about wanting to make something with more game mechanics – here it is!
Punchdrunk (well, Felix Barrett) has spoken for many years about wanting to make something with more game mechanics – here it is!
It's become commonplace to insist the Vision Pro would be successful if people could watch sports courtside via "immersive video" but the more I think about this, the more it feels mistaken:
"Just let me sit courtside and watch an NBA game. I don’t need a scoreboard, I can look up and see it."
"Just let me sit courtside and watch an NBA game. I don’t need a scoreboard, I can look up and see it."
Apple: You (Still) Don’t Understand the Vision Pro
The first live sporting event was broadcast in the Vision Pro, and it’s a big disappointment. The experience could be amazing, but Apple actively ruins it.
stratechery.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
It's become commonplace to insist the Vision Pro would be successful if people could watch sports courtside via "immersive video" but the more I think about this, the more it feels mistaken:
"Just let me sit courtside and watch an NBA game. I don’t need a scoreboard, I can look up and see it."
"Just let me sit courtside and watch an NBA game. I don’t need a scoreboard, I can look up and see it."
Quick thread on the three larps I did at The Smoke this weekend!
First up, Citizen, Speak my Language! by Anastasya Wish. This was based on a short-lived law introduced in Turkey in 1928 prohibiting minority languages.
First up, Citizen, Speak my Language! by Anastasya Wish. This was based on a short-lived law introduced in Turkey in 1928 prohibiting minority languages.
January 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Quick thread on the three larps I did at The Smoke this weekend!
First up, Citizen, Speak my Language! by Anastasya Wish. This was based on a short-lived law introduced in Turkey in 1928 prohibiting minority languages.
First up, Citizen, Speak my Language! by Anastasya Wish. This was based on a short-lived law introduced in Turkey in 1928 prohibiting minority languages.
I was reminded of the 1937 game Jury Box recently, which some claim as an important predecessor to murder mystery games, jubensha, and larp.
Based on what little information is available, I'm not seeing a good connection!
Based on what little information is available, I'm not seeing a good connection!
Jury Box (game) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I was reminded of the 1937 game Jury Box recently, which some claim as an important predecessor to murder mystery games, jubensha, and larp.
Based on what little information is available, I'm not seeing a good connection!
Based on what little information is available, I'm not seeing a good connection!
Nun larp nun larp nun larp
January 10, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Nun larp nun larp nun larp