fbi The FBI's guide to LARPing and violent extremism Rob Beschizza

tabletop gaming A look at Drachenfest, one of the biggest live action roleplaying festivals in the world Gareth Branwyn

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

happy mutants John Varley's "Irontown Blues" – noir doggy science fiction from one of the field's all-time greats Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A visit to Epic Nerd Camp David Pescovitz

happy mutants Scenes from Wasteland, the annual Mad Max tribute event in the Mojave desert Cory Doctorow