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larping Ohioans critique the Polish LARPers who recreated an "American 4th of July in Ohio" Jennifer Sandlin

star wars "Windowless bunker": Reviews are in for Disney's $5,000 Star Wars hotel Mark Frauenfelder

fantasy The artist behind these spellbinding witch hats almost stopped making them after her first one Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Evermore: a LARP themepark, elaborately themed and filled with costumed actors Jeremy Putnam

happy mutants Monster Scouts: go camping with an imaginary cryptid scout troop from the 1910s! Cory Doctorow

road rage Southern California or GTA? You make the call Jason Weisberger

fantasy Taking a tour of the world's largest permanent LARPing town Gareth Branwyn

Danger Will Robinson LA's next new thing: GTA LARPing Jason Weisberger

Entertainment Guardians of the Galaxy live immersive experience Rob Beschizza

the GQP Watch Madison Cawthorn make believe he's a commando raiding empty beds Carla Sinclair

law Boogaloo Boy who livestreamed himself "hunting" cops jailed for 50 years for attempted murder and "hate crime" Rob Beschizza

education Indiana University Provost: The First Amendment says we can't fire our notorious bigot professor, so here's what we're doing instead Cory Doctorow

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happy mutants A visit to Epic Nerd Camp David Pescovitz

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