Adrian Hon

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It Takes Two: Origins

There are many things to dislike about Silicon Valley's writing style, but here's another one: their overuse of footnotes.

I just read a one page resignation letter from an Anthropic staffer that had three footnotes. Three!! It's pitiful stuff. Ask Claude how to write better, you dweebs!

Also, turns out Netflix limits downloads to 15/mo on plans with ads, rising to 100/mo for ad-free plans – who knew?

It would have to be absolute dogshit to be worse than NowTV tho... mandatory 40s ads before each episode, even if you've bought the "no ads" option!

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If you aren't at the conference, I have an essay on the same topic in the forthcoming Nordic Larp book!

(This is also a preview of the sort of thing I'm writing about in my book about immersive experiences, which covers the thousand years from the 11th to 21st century)

Nikolai Evreinov and a Larp for Oneself Nikolai Evreinov was once counted as among the top three theatrical directors in Russia during the early 1900s. Today, he's best known for directing The Storming of the Winter Palace, a massive 1920 outdoor re-enactment with almost 10,000 participants. Mostly forgotten, however, are his ideas about the "theatrical instinct" for role play and "a theatre for oneself" that anticipate larp in surprising detail. This talk will introduce Evreinov, provide a summary of his artistic career, explore an important historical precedent for larp, and enrich larp's place in the theatrical tradition. What participants can expect This talk will introduce Evreinov, provide a summary of his artistic career, explore an important historical precedent for larp, and enrich larp's place in the theatrical tradition.

Very pleased to be giving my first talk at the Knutpunkt Nordic Larp conference in April about Russian director Nikolai Evreinov.

Best known for the massive 1920 outdoor re-enactment The Storming of the Winter Palace, Evreinov also pioneered ideas about "a theatre for oneself" that anticipate larp!

Talks are just ten minutes long so you don’t need to do too much prep, and while the atmosphere is a bit more academic/professional, it’s not stuffy.

Share what you’re thinking and doing about participatory art, durational experience, narrative co-creation and more!

Sublime Pretense 3: Author/Audience/Awkward What: A symposium on larp and art When: 10:00 - 14:00 on April 16th, 2026 Where: Skogen, Masthuggsterrassen 3, 41318, Gothenburg, Sweden Larps and larp-adjacent works use participation as material, o...

Going to the Knutpunkt Nordic Larp conference this year? Consider pitching a talk for Sublime Pretense, a satellite event about larp and art!

I did a quick talk about the current state of British immersive theatre last time, and really enjoyed the feedback and the other talks. It’s a good crowd!

I mean I did write about how QAnon looked like an ARG, so this figures!

Just gonna say that I wrote a whole book about this in 2022 that the video game industry largely ignored, oh well, what a surprise

Once got on the wrong train because of this and had to spend a night in hell (Doncaster)

Yuuuuup.

Every time Ezra recommends one of these objectively terrible books I remember to ignore his other recommendations!

OK but here's the worst thing. She disapproves of the student protest against "sociologist Charles Murray" (aka the discredited, racist, pro-eugenics writer) at Middlebury College.

But hey, have you considered lighting a candle at the start of dinner?

"A few years ago, a colleague and I set out to see if we could hack the [World Economic Forum]. Could we create an anti-WEF on the sidelines of a WEF event?" Prime having-cake-and-eating-it, you love to see it.

Also, "my mother happened to be on another council at the forum" as you do.

"I took forty-five minutes to do these introductions" for a ten person dinner party she was hosting. HOW?!?!?!?!?!

"What if for your company’s next sales training you assigned employees to each spend the day underground with a subway busker, to build their empathy and connect them with the most extreme version of what they do?"

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I don't know about you, but I hate that shit. It makes me uncomfortable and believe me, most people aren't making meaningful connections in this stilted smalltalk.

I have rarely read a book so out of touch.

She tells a book festival wanting to weave the city more closely together to start sessions with a 2 min exercise where audiences "meaningfully, if briefly, connect with one another" by talking to strangers sitting next to them about book or city topics.

Well shit, if that's what you were going to recommend to us poors, why not say that at the start?

Everything in Parker's world seems to be special. Every event ends with tears or hugs. The book exudes so much "and then everyone clapped" energy that by the end, I was doubting everything she said.

After recounting her events for Obama or the World Economic Forum or having gold foil placed on her lips at some secret thing by Marina Abramović, she will lamely say, "well, I get that you can't do this amazing shit, but you could always get people to take their shoes off when they come indoors."

People may not believe this but I really did approach the book thinking it'd be good, or that at least I would get a few useful tips, but most of it is about events so exceptional that have zero bearing on any of our lives.

Adrian Hon's review of The Art of Gathering 2/5: I began this book as a gracious guest hoping a stimulating party or conference, and ended it hate-reading the final tedious pages. I can't remember the last time I read a book that I mentally tag...

I do try to not be a hater too much, but in honour of Priya Parker's appearance on Ezra Klein's pod, I'm obliged to share my best-liked review on Goodreads of all time, of her book The Art of Gathering

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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!

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I have not seen Iron Lung but I do know Markiplier is a Zombies, Run! fan so he’s all good in my book

God, I love the microbars in Japan…

Yep, scrums worked fine for some people but it’s not surprising that when another option presents itself, others prefer it!