Episode 124: Nerdball with Matthew Webb

The Curmudgeon, the Legend and the Favorite have a sit down with Matthew Webb about his recent article about the concept of LARP as Nerdball. Ryan, Carie and Jason talk about how competitive play can be abusive and systemic. They also exploring ways we can all work to prevent those problems and build healthy gaming communities.

Special Guest: Matthew Webb.

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Links:

• Let’s Fight - In Defense of Competitive Play, Part 1 - Nordic Larp — Matthew's article about competitive play.
• Nerdball: How a LARP becomes the game no one likes to play — Matthew's article about LARP as Nerdball.
• Jackalope Live Action Studios | a Texas LARP studio — Matthew's LARP company that is running The Night in Question.
• The Night In Question | A Vampire: The Masquerade blockbuster LARP horror event - November 17, 2018 — The highly immersive Vampire: the Masquerade LARP being run by Jackalope Studios focusing on the Sabbat!
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