A couple of my good friends are active LARPers — they participate in Live Action Role Playing, a form of gaming where they act out the medieval/futuristic/thriller adventures. When the acronym or even that explanation still draws blank stares, they tell people, “It’s like Christopher Mintz-Plasse‘s character in Role Models.” Even though LARP is starting to break through into mainstream culture, it’s still mostly a reference for a niche crowd, like geeky CollegeHumor readers or Degrassi fans.
Until now. One of the panels at San Diego Comic-Con next week is for the upcoming indie comedy The Knights of Badassdom, starring a bevy of well-known geek actors: Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Danny Pudi (Community), and Summer Glau (Firefly). Imagine my astonishment, then, to learn that it’s about LARP. More »