Fighting for a better future is spiritual work — it may cost us everything if we pretend it isn’tThe marriage of hypercapitalism and fascism is a global vampiric death force. A powerful life force has to meet it.Feb 8Feb 8
Larp lessons: the art and politics of showing upWhat 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 59Feb 59
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, 2024Nov 18, 2024
Change makers don’t understand games; game makers don’t understand changeChange makers and game developers need to actually step into each other’s worlds.Jun 3, 20245Jun 3, 20245
Everyone is a mystic poet: the secret trippiness at the heart of systems changeFar from being an esoteric subject, mystery is at the deepest level of systems change — and mystic poetry suffuses every day action.May 10, 20241May 10, 20241
Peer-reviewed goosebumps: academic writing as a transmission of energyWhat happens if you write your papers as a way to transmit energy to people?Feb 18, 20246Feb 18, 20246
All Will Rise — an inappropriately joyous game about fighting for the planetWe’re clashing Phoenix Wright, Disco Elysium and narrative deck building with the ecological crisis — to help fund real court cases.Feb 9, 2024Feb 9, 2024
Infrastructures of mystery — scaffolding the wonder of existenceWhat if society would recognize and support the value of connecting to life’s mystery?Jan 17, 20248Jan 17, 20248
Take a course, build a video game, change the worldUtrecht University and the HKU University of the Arts help students build video games for better futuresNov 6, 2023Nov 6, 2023
Transformative imaginationLinking resonant action, deeply creative practice, and imagination infrastructuresOct 23, 20235Oct 23, 20235