Would I watch Dream Park-style professional LARPing?

I… OK, yes, I would.  But here’s the thing, and Penny Arcade is kind of alluding to it, here: what you’d get is Dream Park*-style professional LARPing.  That means athletes who can also act.  Even the people doing magical character classes would have to be in shape.  Which means that they’re all going to be fairly young, too.  Or else really in shape.

So I guess I’m saying that I’m not anticipating this to be a retirement career in my golden years.  Even if they set up a league tomorrow.  Which they are not; Hasbro was mostly thinking of Magic: The Gathering anyway.

Moe Lane

*Wait, they wrote another book in the series?  Why the hell wasn’t I notified of this?

Book of the Week: Dream Park.

I’m surprised that Larry Niven and Steven Barnes’ Dream Park hasn’t made the list yet.  It pushes the right buttons: near-future, filk singing, and LARPing as a competitive sport.  Good stuff, good stuff.  And the sequels don’t suck, either.

And so, adieu to The Deed of Paksenarrion. Continue reading Book of the Week: Dream Park.