Well, folks, Festival of the LARPs 2007 is still a few weeks away, but I have to say, things are looking pretty good. We're up to 62 registered attendees - that's almost 3 times as many as last year!
Based on these encouraging numbers, I've plotted...
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I was involved in something fairly awesome over the weekend. To find out what it is, you'll just have to go here. (Thanks,
mattsachs
, for posting it!)
Hello, Intercon-goers! So, I know what you're thinking: Intercon G just wasn't enough, was it? If you're in the Boston area and you're still craving that LARP fix, have I got an announcement for you!
FESTIVAL OF THE LARPS 2007
Brandeis University...
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is DONE!
Or, at least, all the code, graphics, music, and sound for the game is done. Still need to print some stuff, not to mention, you know, RUNNING the game. :)
OK, I'll admit it - most LARPs don't require 3 of these:

But then again, most LARPs aren't Fire on High.
(In case you're wondering, this is an Adesso EasyCat USB touchpad.)
Addendum to last night's update about Fire on High: I've continued hacking on the software today. Here are the things that now work that didn't yesterday:
- Warp drive/interstellar navigation
- Voice of the computer (about 50% of the way there)
- One...
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Well, the basic ship software for Fire on High is now mostly done, after some late-night hacking.
Things that work:
- Routing power to various systems
- Shields up/down
- Proton torpedoes
- Lasers
- Ship directional controls
- Throttle
- Hail
- Distress...
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Basic fact of arithmetic I seem to have forgotten lately:
<ul><li>If someone used to be older than someone else:</li><li>…they probably still are.</li></ul>
So I discovered today that Vivendi Universal has been repackaging Sierra's old adventure game series (read: some of my favorite games EVAR) and reselling them, along with an integrated and pre-configured copy of DOSBox to run them on. Because my Space...
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The organizers of Intercon get a mention in Wired Blogs as being "ridiculously cute":
http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/01/fanblogging_ari_1.html
Which, of course, we are. ^_^
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