Many people believe larps and immersive experiences will give them the agency they lack in everyday life. Adrian Hon argues this is merely relative to other media, and that the promise of “sovereignty” exerts an even stronger, darker pull.
Adrian Hon is a Scottish game designer and writer. He is co-creator of the smartphone fitness game Zombies, Run!, and the alternate reality game Perplex City, and has worked on multiple projects with Disney Imagineering. Adrian is currently Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and is writing a book about the history and rise of immersive art.