Worldbuilding
Sarah Drinkwater and
Worldbuilding
Whether it is through a VR headset, the manipulation of projectors, or clever set design, immersion fulfills our desire for escapism, instantly transporting us to far-flung, exotic worlds conveniently differentiated by genre: aliens, dinosaurs, cowboys, zombies, steampunk. Excitement and wonder in a familiar imaginary, this mode of immersive
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I have found that creating fictional worlds is a way of using your imagination for hope of what could be, even in the real-world.
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The End of a World and its Pedagogies | By: Patricia Reed | Making & Breaking
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What role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons pioneered was using the same gameplay mechanics not to fight tabletop wars but to tell stories, centered not on armies but on individual characters of a player’s own creation. The point of playing was not to beat your opponent but to share in the thrill of making up worlds and pretending to act in... See more
The New Atlantis • Reality Is Just a Game Now
To me, BRAT has been the ultimate demonstration of cultural world-building, Energy marketing, designing a product and a campaign with its most extreme consumer and fan in mind, and the most acute demonstration of how irl Authenticator moments drive url interaction and amplification.