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The Luminous Republic Gazetteer Vol 1, No 1

Official Organ of the Republic of Madame Lumière Vol. I, No. 1 — July 1920 — Price 5¢ HARDING DECLARES ERA OF LUMINOUS PROSPERITY President Praises Victory, Calls for Unity Under Madame Lumière's Gift WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his Independence Day address before a crowd of thirty thousand citizens assembled

A Ledgered Meal: Wagamama, Heathrow Terminal Five

Heathrow Airport is a city in miniature, with around 200,000 travelers coursing through its concourses daily between arrivals and departures, ferried across terminals via buses and trams. Clusters of restaurants and shops form the reservoirs into which those freshly scanned and vetted by security are injected, to mill and

Two Points Make a Line

Helsinki Dérive, Part Eight Wednesday. We fly back tomorrow morning. I started feeling quite worn down last night, was overheated and achy throughout the night, lots of water and 400mg of Ibuprofen has me functional on our last day in Helsinki. On one hand, I feel that I’ve completed

Refuges and Havens

Helsinki Dérive, Part Seven If patriotism is a refuge for the scoundrel, then Starbucks is a haven for Americans abroad. A Frappuccino evades all cultural or linguistic bounds, a convenient balm for when you’re marinating in a handful of completely incomprehensible languages while waiting for your spouse to do

Second Wind, Second Lives

Helsinki Dérive, Part Six Monday’s order of business has been taking things easy, with Nancy being really under the weather and thus having to cancel a lunch meetup with her friends. "Is it possible to look up COVID symptoms anonymously?" "Who would care if you did

Under the Weather, Beating the Odds

A Helsinki Dérive, Part Five A gloriously sunny Sunday afternoon, Töölö, Helsinki. The Relove second hand shop has (for me) some of the essentials of life: a delightful affogato and wi-fi. We had a later than usual start from the Airbnb, Nancy feeling under the weather with coughs and aches,

Rhythm & Blues: A Blues Brothers RPG

We're on a mission from God. Based on Lasers & Feelings by John Harper THE HACK: RHYTHM ↔ BLUES You are trickster saints on a divine mission. Your tools are music, chaos, and unshakeable faith. Your enemies are authority, racists, and anyone who'd silence the song. Your

Welcome to Nosideism

Orientation Pamphlet for New Inductees Welcome, Citizen. You are receiving this pamphlet because you have indicated a preference for no tribe, no banner, and no side. This is a sensible choice. The Bureau congratulates you on your decision. In times of heightened polarization, it is natural to feel pressure to

From Dismayland to the Cable Factory

Rolling Natural 20s Through Comics Culture (A Helsinki Dérive, Part Four) I’ve been a comic book dilettante, not because of any snobbish attitudes towards the medium and its community, but due to other “more pressing” priorities in the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Adult "Needs": music, games, computers,

Shepherds and Organizers

A Designer's Note on Localizing Paint the Town Red When we began adapting Paint the Town Red for contemporary Portland, the project seemed straightforward enough. The game's historical settings—Rome at its imperial height, Charlemagne's Aachen, medieval Ghazni—felt distant from players' lived