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Why Your Fantasy TTRPG’s Secondary Belief System (Might) Have To Be Bad
Real world religions and philosophies exist. Fictional religions and philosophies also exist, in a different way. And most religions and...
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leodoulton
Dec 21, 202310 min read
Historical Resiliencism: towards a cyberpunk teleology of history
In the beginning, there was a small group of hunter-gatherers, known as ABC. And all were equals, since in a context of...
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leodoulton
Dec 14, 20237 min read
By Thy Grace Are Mind Flayers Redeemed: morality and cosmic horror monsters.
Introduction There are others who write better about bioessentialism in Dungeons & Dragons, and how it reflects real-world...
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leodoulton
Dec 12, 20232 min read
Carter, Sekandar, Genji: variations on a cosmicist theme
Cosmicism is the philosophy associated most strongly with H.P. Lovecraft’s school of cosmic horror. The idea that the universe means...
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leodoulton
Dec 12, 20233 min read
Fascistic Fantasy: On Avoiding State Violence In D&D
In addition to my theatrical work, and at the beginning of a week of blogs around cosmic horror, I thought I’d delve a little into game...
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leodoulton
Dec 5, 20232 min read
Escaping Earth Within Wealth Inequality
A short thought after attending a conference on space anthropology. One consequence of growing wealth inequality has been an increasing...
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leodoulton
Dec 3, 20233 min read
Not Lying Or Pretending: What Is Acting (Not)?
A comment that appears when those in the acting profession give evidence to public enquiries, trials, and other things is “they are an...
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leodoulton
Oct 1, 20235 min read
Two Canon Sins
I have been examining my imagined dramaturgical structure for interactive immersive theatre of late, and accumulating a pile of concepts,...
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leodoulton
Mar 31, 20239 min read
I Did Not Consent To Immortality
TL;DR: So-called Artificial Intelligence (or Generative Programmes) are becoming ubiquitous. Its possibilities are genuinely exciting....
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leodoulton
Feb 22, 20235 min read
The Sleeping Protagonist
The King of Saving Cats Earlier this week, I had an excellent time at the Interactive Experience Network Huddle listening to Owen...
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leodoulton
Jan 28, 20234 min read
Show For A Sheep
The first of a sequence of projects I’m calling ’12 Shows’ has been done. It is not, as originally advertised, ‘Show For A Cow’, because...
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leodoulton
Dec 21, 20224 min read
In Resentment Of Functionality
I would like to write in resentment of functionality, and tying things to reality. My mind’s been twisted by Twitter, so I’m going to...
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leodoulton
Dec 18, 20222 min read
Lost Realms of Hope and Joy
If you play Dungeons & Dragons, you’ve almost certainly encountered the trope of the ancient, evil empire. The one which left vaults of...
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leodoulton
Dec 16, 20225 min read
An Apology To The Historical Performance People, After Their Acquisition Of ABBA
Dear Historical Performance People, Please accept my apology in the face of your recent victory, after which it seems unlikely that the...
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leodoulton
Dec 12, 20224 min read
The Dance: Shakespeare, Opera, and Finding What Comes Next
The short version of this is: directing Shakespeare is much like directing opera. Both times, the text comes with certain ideas that are...
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leodoulton
Dec 11, 20226 min read
The case for Come Bargain With Uncanny Things as opera
I am, adamantly, a broad-definition ‘opera’ person. At one extreme, I’d certainly struggle to not class Les Miserables as an opera. At...
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leodoulton
Dec 9, 20226 min read
Baby, Don Giovanni’s Outside
It’s Christmas, and time for arguments about whether Baby, It’s Cold Outside is something an enlightened culture ought to listen to. To...
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leodoulton
Dec 3, 202215 min read
Problematic's Problems
Hello. I’m an arts worker, and today I’m going to complain about people who are broadly speaking on my side. Because that’s what we do....
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leodoulton
Nov 20, 20221 min read
To The Victory Of Cake
After the first week of Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, I just wanted to write a short manifesto of a core concept. To the victory of...
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leodoulton
Nov 15, 20221 min read
I am the one who mops: a cult-like philosophy of directing
I am a firm believer that process defines output. One reason for UK theatre’s distinctive feeling (and comparative lack of...
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