February 2001. We had arrived at NERO ARGO, a Live Action Role Playing Game which took place in the mountains of Pennsylvania. A Live Action RPG generally takes place at a campsite in the middle of nowhere. The organizers rent out the space for the weekend and people pay to attend. Over the course of [...]
Driving. Dancing so spastically it looks like I’m having a seizure. Dude pulls up next to me, rolls down his window–he’s listening to the same song! Big grins. For the next 10 seconds we dance like complete dingledodies. Then the light explodes green and everybody goes “Awww!” Eris loves the mad ones. If you’re only [...]
Here are some of the ridiculous things I told people at my high school reunion, with a straight face. I teach game design classes for homeless people. A few people asked what kinds of games homeless people design. I told them that this is a really exciting year for homeless people games. They’ve got this [...]
Here’s a document I edited/brainstormed with the spags at the PD Forums. Originally written for an issue of Intermittens, this article might also be called “101 ways to make everybody think you’re mentally unstable.” 101 Ways to Make Everybody’s Day Weirder Midway through the day, change into a different set of clothes. If anybody notices, [...]
“I’ve been coming here for six years,” said a woman sitting near the front, “I haven’t seen any aliens, but I’m still looking.” The guy next to hear, an older gentleman named Norman, winked at her. He leaned in, a trickster’s smirk on his face. “Maybe,” he whispered, “ You never know who might be [...]
On the third Friday of the month, the village of Tarrytown throws a giant block party on Main street. There’s music, food, face painting, that sort of thing. I’m a newcomer to Tarrytown, and I’ve been itching to get out and see more of the wildlife. So on Friday July 23rd, I decided to don [...]
The Reality Safari is an ongoing adventure in modern living. It is a quest to explore the strangest and most fascinating fringes of contemporary culture. These are the Strange Times, the most interesting period in history to date. The strangeness is so constant that we often lose focus of it. It seems mundane to us. [...]