Month: June 2015

Mansplainer Song

Mansplainer Song

Posted by | Jun 18, 2015 | |

There’s been a term on social media that’s being tossed around, Mansplainer, this term has been used to refer to men who try to explain things to women that they think they know more about then they do. Anyway, there’s also a 1980’s hit called Maneater, made by Hall and Oats. There was an idea tossed around by Kevin about a parody video, called Mansplainer. Me and Kevin worked out the shots on Monday, and then today, on Wednesday, we finally got around to filming it. We assembled a Keyboard, Bass, and two ukuleles. The drums were imaginary. We...

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The Enchanted Wood

The Enchanted Wood

Posted by | Jun 18, 2015 | |

I wasn’t sure we were going to LARP for the final week of Geek Camp, but by popular demand we will … even (or especially) if it rains. I spent more time working up the framework for “The Holy Stone of Gheklisk,” but no such luxury exists for our Week Three Day Four adventure. Campers were emailed a request to come prepared to share their characters, by answering the following four questions: In five words, how would you describe your character? What always creates trouble for this character? What aspect of your character is both a blessing and a...

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Risk 2210 A.D.

Risk 2210 A.D.

Posted by | Jun 17, 2015 | |

Today at Geekcamp, four children and Amy are playing Risk 2210 A.D., this game involves normal Risk rules as well as futuristic rules, rules that include colonizing the moon, and energy tokens and such. I was playing for one player who wasn’t there at the time. Although now he has arrived and I can type this post. I got to take one turn, in which I made a truce with every single player, Right now at the moment Peter and Amy are involved in an intense battle that is accompanied by yells of joy as a territory is overtaken....

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The Holy Stone of Gheklisk

The Holy Stone of Gheklisk

Posted by | Jun 11, 2015 | |

Our LARP today is a collaborative storytelling activity set in a world inhabited by humans beginning to embrace emerging technology and fantastical creatures entrenched in the old ways. Tensions are high because of a Gheklisk prophecy that predicts a great upheaval before a period of either lasting peace or eternal misery. A sacred artifact, lost for generations, is rumored to have resurfaced. This artifact holds the key who emerges as the power after the upheaval. There are four key locations in our LARP-ing world: Waterdeep—Also known as the City of Splendors, Waterdeep is a port city that is a dominant political power...

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Slow mo and geeky challenges

Slow mo and geeky challenges

Posted by | Jun 10, 2015 | |

Tuesday, a group had the opportunity to experiment with video captured at a high frame rate (240 fps). With that footage, they created a montage of clips with incredibly smooth slo motion, including some with added backwards motion effects. Jump In The Air | Slo Mo ended up being very popular among campers. Campers also revisited a challenge taken on last year, in which multiple groups capture random footage and switch clips, having to edit them together in a way that makes sense. This resulted in two...

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