Founder and former CEO of Six to Start, made Zombies, Run!, wrote "You've Been Played" and "A History of the Future in 100 Objects".
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about the history and future of immersive experiences. Designing Strandfall, a highly physical outdoor larp using custom spatial computers.
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It's a mark of the strong interest in highly social immersive experiences that our convention has done so well.
People want to play with friends and strangers in person, and experience stories in new ways, and jubensha provides a brilliant frame for that.
The world's first English-language Jubensha Convention is starting in just two days! We sold out weeks ago and could have easily doubled our attendees, which is incredible.
I've had a blast organising this with Arlo Howard, Joe Strickland, Suspense Studio, and David Middleton, who are all bringing their original games.
We have speakers from around the world presenting new talks and research, workshops for budding designers, free games to play, and more!
Fun post on all the tech I *didn't* buy for making my first video essay, and the one thing I did.
Also: why I ended up using Final Cut Pro, my production process, and how much I enjoyed editing!
https://mssv.net/2026/05/04/how-i-made-my-first-video-essay/
I do not intend to stop writing and I have no illusions that anyone will ever actually watch any of my videos!!
This was more of a personal exercise in trying something new. I filmed it on my iPhone 17 Pro and edited in Final Cut Pro (I tried Capcut but got mad at its UI lol).
I've done my first ever YouTube essay!
I went easy mode and did an expanded version of my Austenland thing – I'm just trying to learn the ropes at this point, so please be gentle.
This was surprisingly fun to put together though! I did it this weekend and only bought one piece of kit (DJI Mic 3).
I spend a lot of time on this in my upcoming book on the history of immersive experiences – the tension between spectacle and participation, between standardisation and co-creation.
It goes way back, not just to world's fairs and panoramas but to the origins of professional theatre and beyond.
While I enjoy visiting Disney's parks, I'm sympathetic to this anti-theme park argument – even if I don't believe the death of playgrounds and the public square is solely on them to solve.
I find it absurd when people dismiss theme parks as artless trash, but I think even the biggest fans would acknowledge Disney's parks are best treated as just one ingredient in a varied cultural and social diet.
If it's the *only* ingredient, things get unbalanced.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/are-disney-adults-the-happiest-debtors-on-earth
Host: Now I know this'll be tricky <chuckles> but could you explain to our audience what “addition” is, preferably in fewer than ten sentences?
Guest: Imagine you have two apples - a very tasty fruit - and you want to have three more-
Host: Hold on, I’m afraid you’ve lost me there
Great intro to cybernetics in this week’s In Our Time, with a wonderfully dry Orit Halpern - avoids the common IOT pitfall of treating the audience like babies when it comes to scientific topics
More on Strandfall, the solarpunk orienteering larp I'm making with Alex Macmillan!
Some fun new photos and UI mockups in here, plus I'm trying out a new thing with the "solarpunk" angle, which sounds better and more descriptive than "low tech" or "retro-tech".
https://mssv.net/2026/04/29/im-making-strandfall-a-solarpunk-orienteering-larp/
