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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New level of autism unlocked: 5 simultaneous zelda direct streams from different regions

Zelda direct on tv and two screens. Not pictured: phone screens

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Was going over some of the manifesto jam 2026 entries, and Anna Anthropy's entry is still perfect w.itch.io/annafesto

"Horny is a shortcut to weird, and weird is better than good."

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I lied, remembered I had a roof terrace and found some neighbors with eclipse glasses. What a difference with/without I guess my loved ones are safe for now

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Missed out on getting eclipse glasses so gonna do the next best thing: sacrifice all my loved ones on the altar of my own ambitions

All the Berserk deluxe editions next to a Berserk mouse pad

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Running a game of Thirsty Sword Lesbians today. I usually give people some tiny swords to hold on to after character creation introductions. Couldn't find my usual stash, so I had to get British about it

Three tiny sword earrings and a butterfly knife (trainer)

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Having a wander around Castlefest, come say hi if you spot me! #castlefest

Raymond selfie surrounded by some medieval ass peeps

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ready to fuck up a million pancakes with other narrative peeps at dev brighton narrative breakfast! Kind of How did I end up running an early morning thing again

Very sleepy raymond in a flaming trans rights fit

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Took a few fire shots with Pixless camera at Dev Brighton today

Pink pixelated shot, Raymond next to a game character

Dark rose pixelated shot, someone holding a fan in front of their face

Purple pixelated shot, creepy ominous dragon with glowing eyes

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Rocking the queer pirate fit at Develop today, come say hi!

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Been using a Pixless camera + stock images to make my own visual novel backgrounds and am kinda digging the results www.pixlesscamera.com

pixelated forest shot in shades of green

heavily pixelated cafeteria in blues and oranges

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

How's it going in the heatwave? My sunscreen melted. Like. The bottle.

Back of a bottle of sunscreen, half melted, letters and writing all jumbled up

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Kingsday in NL. This is as much obeisance to royalty as I'm willing to... bear

Raymond wearing an orange shirt with the entire game of Honey Heist printed on it

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Stranded in Gothenburg Landvetter along with 15 other Dutchies following a plane cancellation. Guess I'm not flying back till Tuesday early morning, and getting two nights in the airport hotel Good thing I brought a switch I guess!

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Katrine Wind ends on a light note, Larping Fascism. I think this one is important to not truncate, so have all the slides.

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Darya Skorokhodkina, Belarusian LARP community--what happened, where are they?

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Adrian Hon talks Austenland, which is apparently an amazing representation of LARP in pop culture, even though the term is never used Sounds it!

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Suus Mutsaers, designing for performing arts in larp. Proposing some sliders for helping calibrate this stuff 1/2

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Trine Lise Lindahl, There Must Be A Simpler Way. Ways of writing large amounts of characters without fucking dying (as much) Various examples of just writing elements and assembling full characters from them, shifting the writing and reading burdens around

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Intermission: what *is* royalty? Royalty is performance art, says the freelance royal Important: this performance needs to not be ironic. Kayfabe? Kayfabe. "Do you think you've experienced bleed?" "I've bled dry" "What have you learned through the practice of royalty?" "Power and power dynamics"

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Inge-Mette Petersen, Body and Soul. Our identities and souls are formed by our bodies and people's perceptions of them--so what happens when we suddenly inhabit a new body, a new character and persona? What if those bodies experience pain? Can LARP unite mind and body? Can it transform who we are?

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Nór Hernø, on meta reflections and direct and indirect methods of encouraging these in players.

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Frederikke Sofie Bech Høye, Simon Brind, and Anne Grove presenting the KP26 book, a yearly publication on larp theory. Lots of hard work from editorial and contributors! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... www.canva.com/design/DAHGX...

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Lara Hartung, Shadows OF THE BACKSTORY - shadow relations as a tool to bring internal play to the surface Talk about shadow relations, a mechanic to actually incorporate unused backstory with other characters, using principles from transference

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

First up, Julia Lesniewska is working on LARPs to combat sexism in young men. Here's a form for suggestions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Royalty is a continuous cutting motion

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Royalty is a continuous keynote motion

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

And lastly, Sarah Bowman again with Democracy in Live Action: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Political Larps and Participants who Play Them Talk about the huge Erasmus+ Larpocracy project again, how does larp affect democracy? "A lot of larps about democracy are really about being oppressed"

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Surprise repeat showing of last slide, noice

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Last segment of the research seminar, two more talks! The Afterlife of Larp: Re-Plat, Meaning-Making and the Ludic Dilemma by Alessandro Giovanni Missed the final slide again, rip. Request for a bit more breathing room if you end on a text heavy slide, all!

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Now for Alexandra Schreiber, Kjell Hugaas and Sarah L. Bowman with Role-Playing Games and Conflict Transformation in Higher Education Presenting the ROCKET Erasmus+ project

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Hanne Grasmo, organizer closing off this segment with Confessional Tales from the KARP Realms: Insider knowledge in participatory observation studies Now a tiny break!

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Next up, Bahay-bahayan as Research Methodology: Filipino Immersive Play Praxis for LARP Research and Instructional Design by Prof. Ana K. P. de Jesus

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Keynotes over, time for paper presentations First, Ludic Inquiry: A New Methodology for LARP Research by Leland Masek Very interesting method IMO, the full paper is great. Bottom-up interpretivist research vs more traditional research methods, in art research. Very personally relevant.

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

So much going on here, but let's end on some good advice and notes on approaching LARP research!

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Lotssss of other research project things. But let's talk about some fun fallacies and discipline boundaries instead!

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Overview of their approach to the research project

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Next keynote, Johanna (Joc) Koljonen with "What Can We Know, Academically?" = What Do We Know + Time + Resources Working with Larpocracy, also all the ADHD. Strong note, practitioner expertise is different from academic expertise

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

"what would I have done differently" Be judicious when choosing larps, save as much material as possible, all the different methods and mats actually opens compelling synergy, don't overly worry about insider vs outsider perspectives

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*Raymond Vermeulen @crapcyborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Notes on what participating in LARP as a researcher looked like for them at different stages. Larp/method: observant participation instead of participatory observation, interesting note, shifts the emphasis onto the play vs the notetaking

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