Worlds are everywhere, we need new skills to run them.
World building, virtual worlds, entertainment worlds, media franchises, corporate worlds, theme park design, XR/VR, volumes, escape rooms, tabletop games, undirected play, hybrid/mixed reality storytelling, and much much more.
From over the horizon a new discipline is emerging:
World Running
βWorld Runnerβ was first coined in 2020 as portmanteau of worldbuilder + showrunner. In time I belive the term will come to encompass so much more.
Cohesive worlds are hybrid environments made up of the people, places, and technologies that create them. Running worlds, is now what Iβd like to do professionally, full time.
Hearing the term World running for the first time was like being struck by lightning. Wording worlds, and figuring out how to run them is literally what I’ve been doing doing with my life.
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Autonomous Worlds: Misusing The Money Machine | 2339
Exploring blockchain’s shift from finance to creating games in digital universes. A look at this tech’s new role in gaming and virtual…
World(view) | 2327
Written down this way, world(view) suggests that the world is outside of – and much bigger – than any single perspective of…
Worlds A Walk Though
In May I went to Lisbon to give the opening talk at the Autonomous Worlds Summit. The first outing for some of…
Autonomous Worlds Summit – Lisbon
I attended the Autonomous Worlds Summit last week. In the last year; unstoppable, infinitely moddable worlds built on the blockchain have become…
Lore as Lens | 2313
The growing importance of lore reflects the rise of a new kind cultural sense-making and social technology.
What a Difference A(I) Week Makes | 2307
In less than 6 weeks we’ve gone from ‘OpenAIβs chatbot is weird but interesting’ to ‘Google is doomed because theyβre not shipping…
Cultural Fracking | CMF 2023 Annual Trends Report
I was interviewed by the Canada Media Fund, as they have included a *whole chapter* on Cultural Fracking in their 2023 Annual…
Good Taste Online | 2303
Given the affordances of different social media platforms. How does one demonstrate taste in the digital realm?
Goncharov’s New Dabloons | 2242
It’s not the truth of a cultural object that matters. But the collective truth that arises from consensus of interpretation.
Nomic Kennings
I’ve thinking about ‘Nomic’ this week. A game system created in 1982 by philosopher Peter Suber
Talking Mechanics and Worlding With Paul Czege | World Running
I spoke with Games Designer Paul Czege abut the emerging concept of World Running. We discuss the end of play as narrative…
Power Fandoms | 2134
With Web3 enabled Permissive IP frameworks, Power Fandoms will own, produce and share the value created by their worlds. They are coming…
A Napster Moment For Collective Storytelling | 2133
Experienced Future shock this week with the launch of three NFT projects: LOOT, The Logged Universe, and Lifeforms. Permissive IPs are coming.…
Talking Improv and Trust With Dr Alex Fradera | World Running
I spoke to Alex Fradera about World Running. We talk: Improv Theatre, Clowning, Rule Breaking, RPGs, Drama, ‘Unfolding’ vs ‘Change’ and more.
The Hybrid / Hyper Reality of Worlds | 2126
A conversation with Paul Czege, RPGs, Worlding worlds, and the experiences and memories that we acquire in them.
Abstract Objects | 2040
Coding python, pythagorean cult visualisation exercises, code loops, empirically felt variations in experience, and psychedelic technology criticism.
Animal Crossing Is The Place For Taste | 2019
Grammars of Virtual Worlds and the demonstration of taste within the constraints of the toy box that is Animal Crossing
Landscapes Like Mixtapes | 2003
I want to say to a friend halfway around the world who’s with me in a simulation: Come with me, I made…