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Adrian Hon

2026-04-22T13:31:55Z

Adrianhon: /* Talks */

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'''Adrian Hon''' is a game designer, author, and former CEO and founder of [https://sixtostart.com Six to Start]. At Six to Start, Adrian co-created [https://zrx.app/zombies Zombies, Run!], led the design of [https://zrx.app/marvel Marvel Move], won Best of Show at SXSW, and worked on multiple projects with Disney Imagineering. He is Associate Artist at the [https://www.traverse.co.uk Traverse Theatre] in Edinburgh, specialising in immersive art.

Adrian is designing [https://strandfall.com Strandfall], a larp funded by [https://immersivearts.uk Immersive Arts] debuting in September 2026.

Previously, Adrian created the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplex_City Perplex City] alternate reality game, which was a finalist for the Diana Jones Award in 2006, and wrote a column for EDGE magazine.

==Publications==

*Nikolai Evreinov and a Larp for Oneself in [[Seasons of Larp|''Seasons of Larp'']] (KP, 2026)
*Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser – The Blockbuster to End All Blockbusters in ''[[Anatomy of Larp Thoughts: a breathing corpus|Anatomy of Larp Thoughts]]'' (KP, 2025)
*''[[Anatomy of Larp Thoughts: a breathing corpus|Anatomy of Larp Thoughts]]'' (KP, 2025) - reviewer, proofreader

==Selected Books==

*[https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adrian-hon/youve-been-played/9781541600195/?lens=basic-books You’ve Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All] (Basic Books, 2022)
*[https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539371/a-new-history-of-the-future-in-100-objects/ A New History of the Future in 100 Objects] (MIT Press, 2020)

==Articles==

*[https://mssv.net/2025/03/26/heres-what-makes-jubensha-different/ Here's What Makes Jubensha Different] (2025)
*[https://mssv.net/2025/03/19/the-collective-ambition-behind-odysseus/ The Collective Ambition Behind Odysseus, a Game-changing Sci-fi Larp] (2025)
*[https://mssv.net/2025/01/06/a-weekend-at-the-smoke-larp-festival/ A Weekend at The Smoke Larp Festival] (2025)
*[https://mssv.net/2024/08/21/a-weekend-at-the-immersion-larp-festival/ A Weekend at the Immersive Larp Festival] (2024)
*[https://mssv.net/2024/07/31/bridge-command/ Bridge Command] (2024)
*[https://mssv.net/2023/08/07/star-wars-galactic-starcruiser/ Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser] (2024)
*[https://mssv.net/2018/04/05/playing-press-at-watch-the-skies-megagame/comment-page-1/ Playing Press at Watch The Skies Megagame] (2018)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170330225001/http:/vavatch.co.uk/guide/ The Guide] – a walkthrough for The Beast alternate reality game for the movie A.I. (2001)

==Talks==

*Nikolai Evreinov and a Larp for Oneself at [[Knutpunkt 2026]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEnTGdhzHNI Austenland: A Bad Immersive Experience and a Bad Larp] at Nordic Larp Talks 2026
*The Critical Backlash to Participation at Sublime Pretense (A Week in Gothenburg for [[Knutpunkt 2026]])
*Eläytyminen: 25 Years of the Turku School panelist at [[Knutepunkt 2025]] (also in [[Seasons of Larp]])
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzHs-a3G7GQ Agency versus Sovereignty] at Nordic Larp Talks 2025
*A Very Short History of UK “Immersion” at Sublime Pretense (A Week in Norway for [[Knutepunkt 2025]])
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3oIyT1jccw The Age of Immersion] keynote at the Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium ([https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/fact-2025/ FACT 2025]) at ACMI
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvU0i8c44Q Trends, Traps & Opportunities in the Immersive Entertainment Sector] at the Immersive Experience Network Summit (2024)

[[Category:People]]

Adrian Hon

2026-04-22T13:30:47Z

Adrianhon: Added larp

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|image=Adrian_2024_photo_square.jpg
|nationality=Scottish
|organization={{Unbulleted list|[http://sixtostart.com Six to Start]|[https://www.traverse.co.uk Traverse Theatre]}}
|birth_date={{Birth year and age|1982}}
|website=[https://mssv.net mssv.net]}}
'''Adrian Hon''' is a game designer, author, and former CEO and founder of [https://sixtostart.com Six to Start]. At Six to Start, Adrian co-created [https://zrx.app/zombies Zombies, Run!], led the design of [https://zrx.app/marvel Marvel Move], won Best of Show at SXSW, and worked on multiple projects with Disney Imagineering. He is Associate Artist at the [https://www.traverse.co.uk Traverse Theatre] in Edinburgh, specialising in immersive art.

Adrian is designing [https://strandfall.com Strandfall], a larp funded by [https://immersivearts.uk Immersive Arts] debuting in September 2026.

Previously, Adrian created the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplex_City Perplex City] alternate reality game, which was a finalist for the Diana Jones Award in 2006, and wrote a column for EDGE magazine.

==Publications==

*Nikolai Evreinov and a Larp for Oneself in [[Seasons of Larp|''Seasons of Larp'']] (KP, 2026)
*Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser – The Blockbuster to End All Blockbusters in ''[[Anatomy of Larp Thoughts: a breathing corpus|Anatomy of Larp Thoughts]]'' (KP, 2025)
*''[[Anatomy of Larp Thoughts: a breathing corpus|Anatomy of Larp Thoughts]]'' (KP, 2025) - reviewer, proofreader

==Selected Books==

*[https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adrian-hon/youve-been-played/9781541600195/?lens=basic-books You’ve Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All] (Basic Books, 2022)
*[https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539371/a-new-history-of-the-future-in-100-objects/ A New History of the Future in 100 Objects] (MIT Press, 2020)

==Articles==

*[https://mssv.net/2025/03/26/heres-what-makes-jubensha-different/ Here's What Makes Jubensha Different] (2025)
*[https://mssv.net/2025/03/19/the-collective-ambition-behind-odysseus/ The Collective Ambition Behind Odysseus, a Game-changing Sci-fi Larp] (2025)
*[https://mssv.net/2025/01/06/a-weekend-at-the-smoke-larp-festival/ A Weekend at The Smoke Larp Festival] (2025)
*[https://mssv.net/2024/08/21/a-weekend-at-the-immersion-larp-festival/ A Weekend at the Immersive Larp Festival] (2024)
*[https://mssv.net/2024/07/31/bridge-command/ Bridge Command] (2024)
*[https://mssv.net/2023/08/07/star-wars-galactic-starcruiser/ Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser] (2024)
*[https://mssv.net/2018/04/05/playing-press-at-watch-the-skies-megagame/comment-page-1/ Playing Press at Watch The Skies Megagame] (2018)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170330225001/http:/vavatch.co.uk/guide/ The Guide] – a walkthrough for The Beast alternate reality game for the movie A.I. (2001)

==Talks==

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEnTGdhzHNI Austenland: A Bad Immersive Experience and a Bad Larp] at Nordic Larp Talks 2026
*The Critical Backlash to Participation at Sublime Pretense (A Week in Gothenburg for [[Knutpunkt 2026]])
*Eläytyminen: 25 Years of the Turku School panelist at [[Knutepunkt 2025]] (also in [[Seasons of Larp]])
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzHs-a3G7GQ Agency versus Sovereignty] at Nordic Larp Talks 2025
*A Very Short History of UK “Immersion” at Sublime Pretense (A Week in Norway for [[Knutepunkt 2025]])
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3oIyT1jccw The Age of Immersion] keynote at the Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium ([https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/fact-2025/ FACT 2025]) at ACMI
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvU0i8c44Q Trends, Traps & Opportunities in the Immersive Entertainment Sector] at the Immersive Experience Network Summit (2024)

[[Category:People]]

Adrian Hon

2026-04-22T13:28:38Z

Adrianhon: Talk updates

{{Infobox person
|name=Adrian Hon
|image=Adrian_2024_photo_square.jpg
|nationality=Scottish
|organization={{Unbulleted list|[http://sixtostart.com Six to Start]|[https://www.traverse.co.uk Traverse Theatre]}}
|birth_date={{Birth year and age|1982}}
|website=[https://mssv.net mssv.net]}}
'''Adrian Hon''' is a game designer, author, and former CEO and founder of [https://sixtostart.com Six to Start]. At Six to Start, Adrian co-created [https://zrx.app/zombies Zombies, Run!], led the design of [https://zrx.app/marvel Marvel Move], won Best of Show at SXSW, and worked on multiple projects with Disney Imagineering. He is Associate Artist at the [https://www.traverse.co.uk Traverse Theatre] in Edinburgh, specialising in immersive art.

Previously, Adrian created the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplex_City Perplex City] alternate reality game, which was a finalist for the Diana Jones Award in 2006, and wrote a column for EDGE magazine.

==Publications==

*Nikolai Evreinov and a Larp for Oneself in [[Seasons of Larp|''Seasons of Larp'']] (KP, 2026)
*Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser – The Blockbuster to End All Blockbusters in ''[[Anatomy of Larp Thoughts: a breathing corpus|Anatomy of Larp Thoughts]]'' (KP, 2025)
*''[[Anatomy of Larp Thoughts: a breathing corpus|Anatomy of Larp Thoughts]]'' (KP, 2025) - reviewer, proofreader

==Selected Books==

*[https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adrian-hon/youve-been-played/9781541600195/?lens=basic-books You’ve Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All] (Basic Books, 2022)
*[https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539371/a-new-history-of-the-future-in-100-objects/ A New History of the Future in 100 Objects] (MIT Press, 2020)

==Articles==

*[https://mssv.net/2025/03/26/heres-what-makes-jubensha-different/ Here's What Makes Jubensha Different] (2025)
*[https://mssv.net/2025/03/19/the-collective-ambition-behind-odysseus/ The Collective Ambition Behind Odysseus, a Game-changing Sci-fi Larp] (2025)
*[https://mssv.net/2025/01/06/a-weekend-at-the-smoke-larp-festival/ A Weekend at The Smoke Larp Festival] (2025)
*[https://mssv.net/2024/08/21/a-weekend-at-the-immersion-larp-festival/ A Weekend at the Immersive Larp Festival] (2024)
*[https://mssv.net/2024/07/31/bridge-command/ Bridge Command] (2024)
*[https://mssv.net/2023/08/07/star-wars-galactic-starcruiser/ Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser] (2024)
*[https://mssv.net/2018/04/05/playing-press-at-watch-the-skies-megagame/comment-page-1/ Playing Press at Watch The Skies Megagame] (2018)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170330225001/http:/vavatch.co.uk/guide/ The Guide] – a walkthrough for The Beast alternate reality game for the movie A.I. (2001)

==Talks==

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEnTGdhzHNI Austenland: A Bad Immersive Experience and a Bad Larp] at Nordic Larp Talks 2026
*The Critical Backlash to Participation at Sublime Pretense (A Week in Gothenburg for [[Knutpunkt 2026]])
*Eläytyminen: 25 Years of the Turku School panelist at [[Knutepunkt 2025]] (also in [[Seasons of Larp]])
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzHs-a3G7GQ Agency versus Sovereignty] at Nordic Larp Talks 2025
*A Very Short History of UK “Immersion” at Sublime Pretense (A Week in Norway for [[Knutepunkt 2025]])
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3oIyT1jccw The Age of Immersion] keynote at the Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium ([https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/fact-2025/ FACT 2025]) at ACMI
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvU0i8c44Q Trends, Traps & Opportunities in the Immersive Entertainment Sector] at the Immersive Experience Network Summit (2024)

[[Category:People]]