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My Trip Inside Epic Universe: The Line Between Real and Virtual Blurs Even More

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Scott Stein 🥑 @scottstein.bsky.social · 18h

Hey, just learned that my story about Epic Universe won an Eddie award. I didn’t even know it was nominated! Here it is. www.cnet.com/tech/my-trip...

I got an early visit to one of the biggest new theme parks in decades, and it showed us a bit of the future -- for those who can afford it.

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Kathryn Yu @kathrynyu.com · 17h

DCPA Off-Center Ends Development of New Immersive Theater: The announcement came with another blow: Charlie Miller, Off-Center's co-founder, executive director and curator, will leave the organization in March after seventeen years.

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DCPA Off-Center Ends Development of New Immersive Theater

The announcement came with another blow: Charlie Miller, Off-Center’s co-founder, executive director and curator, will leave the organization in March after seventeen years.

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Toksvig @toksvig.bsky.social · 1d

The Fairytale Library
20th Oct 2025 @ 2pm-6pm in person, London - FREE

The next in-person gathering of fairytales is at VPN interactive arts fest. Info - voidspacezine.com/12086-2/

Library - jenifertoksvig.substack.com/s/fairytale-...

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 1d

NEW LISTING

Majestic Repertory Theatre presents Empanada Loca,
inspired by the legend of Sweeney Todd.

Las Vegas. Through Oct. 21.

everythingimmersive.com/events/empan...

Empanada Loca

Inspired by the legend of Sweeney Todd

Coming Soon: House of the Exquisite Corpse V: Blood & Puppets

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 1d

It's simply not Spooky Season in #Chicago without the latest entry from Rough House Puppet Arts' yearly haunt experience, which is why our latest Coming Soon puts the spotlight on House of the Exquisite Corpse V: Blood & Puppets.

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It’s simply not Spooky Season in Chicago without the latest entry from Rough House Puppet Arts’ yearly haunt experience

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Kathryn Yu @kathrynyu.com · 2d

Plans for Sphere/John Wick/Interstellar Arc/Horror Unleashed?

Kathryn Yu @kathrynyu.com · 3d

I think this is the first time 13th Floor Entertainment has partnered with WMH on a Halloween event. Sadly, 13FE don’t have a good reputation with haunt enthusiasts, many of who believe attractions in LA like Haunted Hayride or Dark Harbor went downhill after they started working with the company.

Is that bear fat or just chonky? Lasers may help scientists find out | CNN Business

Kathryn Yu @kathrynyu.com · 4d

I hope someone sends this to @erikaishii.bsky.social ❤️

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 5d

I really hope that Erika Ishii gets their flowers for their performance as Atsu this year - it’s one of the very rare protagonists I keep playing the game just to see more of how they inhabit the world and unfold their story.

Damn fine work.

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Kathryn Yu @kathrynyu.com · 5d

TIL that they use terrestrial LiDAR to non-invasively estimate the volume and weight of bears for Fat Bear Week www.cnn.com/2021/10/02/tech/f...

One mid-September evening in 2018, Joel Cusick found himself pointing a laser scanner at the butt of a bear named Otis.

www.cnn.com

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Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com · 5d

Repeating this week's Myst news: a remaster of the “Making of Myst" video that was released (as a super-squished Quicktime file) on the 1993 Mac Myst CD-ROM.

blog.zarfhome.com/2025/10/maki...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBtL...

The Making of Myst, remastered

Bit of news on the historic preservation front. Cyan has posted the

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 6d

I went to Disneyland to track the long, strange history of Disney and New Orleans—and how each has taught the other how to be.

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The Curious and Twisty Love Story Between New Orleans and Disney

The fascinating, decades-long dalliance between the Crescent City and the Disney version of it, starring a cartoon princess, Creole chefs, mechanical tiki birds, and the world’s most meticulously rese...

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 6d

The pod is still on hiatus, but we recently got a chance to visit the new home of The Willows in LA and talk with Justin Fix and Stephanie Turek of JFI Productions as we toured the new home of one of LA's favorite immersive shows.

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A Visit To ‘The Willows’ Estate (Bonus Podcast)

We’re still on hiatus, but we recently got a chance to visit the new home of The Willows in LA and talk with Justin Fix and Stephanie Turek…

A Gothic Murder Mystery and Dining Experience

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 6d

NEW LISTING

Nevermore

Step into the haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe this Halloween season with an interactive murder mystery & themed dining experience

Lake Arrowhead. Oct. 21-29

everythingimmersive.com/events/never...

Nevermore

A psychological thriller for an audience of one

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Stowe Story Lab 🔜 Pagecraft @cameowood.com · 7d

Looking for an SF Bay person available for a short-term job cataloguing a large collection of immersive/ARG materials for donation to a museum. You’d be paid as a contractor, expected to take a couple weeks. You’d be working out of my home, so not being allergic to cats would be ideal.

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 7d

NEW LISTING

The critically acclaimed UNDERSIGNED heads to #Houston this November for a five night stand.

This "psychological thriller for an audience of one" has been turning heads and sealing lips wherever it goes.

Nov 4-8.

everythingimmersive.com/events/under...

Undersigned (Houston)

Experience Sondheim & Lapine's musical like never before... an immersive, site-specific musical experience

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 8d

Twitter post by @Sosowski.

"This is the best April Fools I made that I also stole from somewhere. Put a [sic] this in the office bathroom. There was ketchup inside. Curiosity got everyone. They could only blame themselves."

The picture is a soap pump dispenser labeled KETCHUP.

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 8d

NEW LISTING

INTO THE WOODS

“Experience Sondheim & Lapine's musical like never before... an immersive, site-specific musical experience.”

Staten Island’s Camp Pouch.

Through Oct. 25.

everythingimmersive.com/events/into-...

Into The Woods

Screening — Ariel Waldman

Kathryn Yu @kathrynyu.com · 8d

@cameowood.com

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Ariel Waldman @arielwaldman.com · 17d

SF BAY AREA!

You are invited to a sneak peek screening of my documentary ANTARCTICA UNEARTHED before it goes to national TV broadcast next year.

Wednesday, October 15 at 7pm near Palo Alto, CA.

Free to attend but registration required: arielwaldman.com/screening

(cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social)

arielwaldman.com

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 8d

Houston gets a Western-themed immersive theatre piece that just might have more than one genre trick up its sleeve in the form of Midnight High: A Night At The Oxhead, which opens on Oct. 8th and is the subject of our latest COMING SOON feature.

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COMING SOON: MIDNIGHT HIGH: A NIGHT AT THE OXHEAD

Houston gets a Western-themed immersive theatre piece that just might have more than one genre trick up its sleeve