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On fairy porn, queer vampires, and the unleashing of utopian eros

What happens if we connect the desire to be swept of our feet with our desire to be in a better world?

4d ago

On fairy porn, queer vampires, and the unleashing of utopian eros

4d ago

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Fighting for a better future is spiritual work — it may cost us everything if we pretend it isn’t

The marriage of hypercapitalism and fascism is a global vampiric death force. A powerful life force has to meet it.

Feb 8

Fighting for a better future is spiritual work — it may cost us everything if we pretend it isn’t

Feb 8

Larp lessons: the art and politics of showing up

What roles do you play in life, and more importantly, what roles and scenes do you forego because you feel out of your element in them? Can…

Feb 5

Larp lessons: the art and politics of showing up

Feb 5

All the world’s a larp: how do we stop playing limited roles and open up societal space for…

Facing a dark future requires open-hearted darkness. People are fed up with the roles they’ve been playing.

Nov 18, 2024

All the world’s a larp: how do we stop playing limited roles and open up societal space for…

Nov 18, 2024

Change makers don’t understand games; game makers don’t understand change

Change makers and game developers need to actually step into each other’s worlds.

Jun 3, 2024

Change makers don’t understand games; game makers don’t understand change

Jun 3, 2024

Everyone is a mystic poet: the secret trippiness at the heart of systems change

Far from being an esoteric subject, mystery is at the deepest level of systems change — and mystic poetry suffuses every day action.

May 10, 2024

Everyone is a mystic poet: the secret trippiness at the heart of systems change

May 10, 2024

Peer-reviewed goosebumps: academic writing as a transmission of energy

What happens if you write your papers as a way to transmit energy to people?

Feb 18, 2024

Peer-reviewed goosebumps: academic writing as a transmission of energy

Feb 18, 2024

All Will Rise — an inappropriately joyous game about fighting for the planet

We’re clashing Phoenix Wright, Disco Elysium and narrative deck building with the ecological crisis — to help fund real court cases.

Feb 9, 2024

All Will Rise — an inappropriately joyous game about fighting for the planet

Feb 9, 2024

Infrastructures of mystery — scaffolding the wonder of existence

What if society would recognize and support the value of connecting to life’s mystery?

Jan 17, 2024

Infrastructures of mystery — scaffolding the wonder of existence

Jan 17, 2024

Take a course, build a video game, change the world

Utrecht University and the HKU University of the Arts help students build video games for better futures

Nov 6, 2023

Take a course, build a video game, change the world

Nov 6, 2023

Anticiplay

Anticiplay

An NWO Vidi research project • Exploring how games can help imagine & realize sustainable futures • Games For Better Futures & Futures For Better Games 🎮

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