Role playing
Falling in Love While LARPing
Why would one choose to be a servant in an old pub if you can be a king or a knight? In these conditions it's a chance to test out different social skills.
GLaDOS and The Sniper: A Voice Acting Love Story
Meet Ellen McLain and John Patrick Lowrie, the grandparents of video game voice over acting.
Dungeons & Dragons Has Caught Up with Third-Wave Feminism
The newest version of the game encourages players to think critically about gender as a historical construct at the same time that they're deciding whether to be "Quarion the elvaan druid" or "Havilar the dragonborn sorcerer."
Dungeons & Dragons Is Officially Cool Again
This week marks the release of the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons, a role-playing game that traditionally existed to create a safe space for neckbeards to pretend they're fighting orcs. But as hipsters continue their move toward adult childhood...
#NotAllRolePlayers: A History of Rapey Dungeon Masters
It's no secret that D&D and women historically haven't mixed well, but creepy Dungeon Masters don't help matters. Fictional unwanted sexual advances on a fictional character in a fictional universe are a real-life bummer.
The Strange World of Internet Role-Play Has Gone Mainstream
The role-playing universe has migrated from the fringes of the internet to Facebook pages.
"Nazi Youth"
"I heard that a friend from school had joined a Nazi role-playing group, so I persuaded him to let me come photograph their yearly battle routine in Pennsylvania."