Live-action role-playing (or LARPing) was born on the fringes of American pop culture, a descendant of much-maligned hobbies like Dungeons and Dragons and other table games. In LARPing, players spend ...

Of course, in the film, LARP, aka a live-action role-playing game, is referred to as LAIRE, aka Live Action Interactive Role-playing Explorers. But it’s basically the same thing — a bunch of people ...

When I was young, I dreamed of being a knight. I begged and pleaded for a sword for months. Then, on Christmas morning, I got my wish. I became the proud owner of a light-up, plastic Sword of Omens ...

At the 2018 “Devcon” Ethereum Developers Conference in Prague, internet guru and self-proclaimed “culture hacker” Stewart Brand shared the book that changed his life: “Finite and Infinite Games” by ...

There are slang words and acronyms that many people use in their everyday conversation. But some of these words may be so obscure that many people have no idea what you are taking about. I've found ...

The galaxy is at war. Again. This time, it’s not the might of the Galra Empire against everyone else, but Prince Lotor’s Galra forces who’ve teamed with Voltron and the resistance against the Galra ...

Hyper-dedicated fans of J.R.R. Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings" series — including the prequel, "The Hobbit" — got together to stage a homemade version of the climactic Battle of the Five Armies. These ...