Jaakko Stenros and Markus Montol present their paper on “Critical Strategies of LARP“ to the Nordic LARP Talks (http://nordiclarptalks.org):

About the Presenters:

Markus Montola (M.Soc.Sc.) has worked as a researcher both at University of Tampere and at Nokia Research Center, with role-playing and pervasive games as main research interests. Currently he is a doctoral candidate at the University of Tampere with a 3-year grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Together with Jaakko Stenros, Montola has edited two books on larp, Playground Worlds (2008) and Beyond Role and Play (2004). They are also authors of Pervasive Games: Theory and Design (2009). They are currently editing a coffee table book called Nordic Larp, forthcoming in 2010.

Jaakko Stenros (M.Soc.Sc.) is a game researcher at the Game Research Lab at the University of Tampere, Finland. Currently he studies larps and social games, and is working on a dissertation on games as an activity. Together with Markus Montola, Stenros has edited two books on larp, Playground Worlds (2008) and Beyond Role and Play (2004). They are also authors of Pervasive Games: Theory and Design (2009). They are currently editing a coffee table book called Nordic Larp, forthcoming in 2010.

For those with an interest, I founded the Interactive Drama archives at http://www.interactivedramas.info and the Journal of Interactive Drama (http://www.interactivedramas.info/journal.htm) – we are actively seeking submissions NOW for papers, essays, reviews, and scenarios!

I am also the founding director of the Taiwan Interactive Theatre Society (http://www.interactivedramas.info/taiwan.htm) – if you’re in Taiwan, be sure to check out our upcoming scenarios and even better, join us for the fun! We are casting now for our next game so contact me soon!

All the best,
Brian