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Author: Wren Dalton

Side Quest: The Blog of Interesting Posts

March 16, 2023Wren Dalton 2 Comments
The text "Interesting things from the museum of interesting things" over the MKE Art museum's foyer.

The MIT Mystery Hunt is a time honored tradition seminal to the puzzle hunt and immersive media communities. This blog post remains a shockingly small account of our nearly 72 hour experience – and even then a shockingly smaller account of just a few puzzles we found exciting. Continue Reading →

Games, Multiplayer, Puzzle Immersive, MIT Mystery Hunt, Personal Experience, Puzzle Hunts, Sidequest Inn

Ludic Reviews : Under the Surface

August 4, 2022Wren Dalton Leave a Comment
A tornado constructed of smaller rectangles and broken shapes.

There’s this brilliant alternate reality game (ARG) on the scene that’s drawing on the traditions of e-literature and narratively inclined Indie games called Under the Surface. Continue Reading →

Review, The Ludic Society Alternate Reality Game, ARG, Glitch Art, Liminality, Queer, Review, The Ludic Society, Vehemence

Ludic Reviews: It’s Me John Coland

June 10, 2022Wren Dalton 3 Comments
Image of a busy street from behind metal bars.

“Some pain stays so long its absence becomes a different pain -” Kaveh Akbar I’d be willing to die on the hill that as long as the independent ARG scene has existed, some form of the “stuck in my house”[1]… Continue Reading →

Review, The Ludic Society Alternate Reality Game, ARG, Hauntology, Psychodrama, Review, The Ludic Society, Vehemence

The Ludic Society

June 23, 2021Wren Dalton Leave a Comment
Habit Beckoning

“You see the journey starts here, the real fun starts here, when everything changes…” – Evan Jennings as Habit We’ve charted a course through two alternate reality games on Serious Play. We investigated the voyeuristic view of This House has… Continue Reading →

Games, Multiplayer, RPG, Serious Play, The Ludic Society, ttrpg AR, ARG, Crow64, EverymanHybrid, New Show, Pervasive, Pitch, Treatment, twitch, VR

You Can Carry it With You

June 12, 2021Wren Dalton Leave a Comment

…At the center of a low dishonest decade  where selves grow immense, then shrink… – David Wojahn Let’s start with a simple question. What is this thing (Figure 1.0)? Well, in the world of Code Vein this little object is called a… Continue Reading →

Lunchzone, Serious Play, Shows Artifact, Code Vein, Memento, Space, Vestige

Big Number, Bigger Questions

May 8, 2021Wren Dalton Leave a Comment
BEEG Yoshi

“I do not Dunkey, but I might have Spaghetti and meatballs if you ask nicely” Landon from GameStop   Recently, the Lunch Zone crew and I got around to playing Heart of Enya – which is a game with relatively… Continue Reading →

Games, Lunchzone, Multiplayer, RPG, Serious Play, Shows, ttrpg beeg, big number, data visualization, interview, number, yoshi

A Machine for Lovely Thoughts

February 24, 2021Wren Dalton 4 Comments
Douglas Englebart Watches the Arena

But how does one love what’s made of light and so far away – Emilia Philips Latte foam, the smell of a hastily made lunch, and buzzing computer fans are the essence of Serious Play. Our little collab, spread out… Continue Reading →

Lunchzone, Serious Play, Shows, Uncategorized conceptual, live streaming, machines, Play, Serious, thinkertoys, twitch

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