LARPs: The Series Review

LARP’s Web Series                               

Synopsis (LARPS website): LARPs is a scripted web series that explores how the imagination of play affects reality—and vice versa. In a LARP, or live action roleplaying game, players assume the identity of their chosen character and physically perform their actions (as opposed to simply describing them). Six twentysomething friends meet regularly to play in a LARP, and we follow them through their daily lives to see the parallels between the game and the real world

I absolutely love this series, not only does it give a brilliant insight into the world of larping but it is genuinely hilarious. There are plenty of quotable scenes and it’s ridiculously easy to find yourself watching an entire season in one night. Between the casting and the writing on each episode I was blown away, I’m gutted that I left it so long to catch up on the more recent episodes.

This isn’t just an ideal show for those already involved in roleplaying, LARPs is a series that will appeal to everyone regardless of their experience. Top marks for a series which has proved that web shows can be a 5 star experience.

 

NoisyGeek Rating: 5 out of 5

You can view the episodes here

Check out the LARPs page here

The Guild – Web Series Review

The Guild Web Series / Geek and Sundry

NoisyGeek Rating – 5 out of 5

Wikipedia Summary ‘The Guild is an American comedy web series created and written by Felicia Day, who also stars as Cyd Sherman (AKA Codex). It began on YouTube in 2007 and is made up of six seasons

The show revolves around the lives of a gamers’ online guild, The Knights of Good, who play countless hours of a fantasy MMORPG video game entitled The Game. The story focuses on Codex, the guild’s Priestess, who attempts to lead a normal life after one of her guild-mates, Warlock Zaboo (Sandeep Parikh), shows up on her doorstep.”

I was a late joiner to the guild fan club (first watched the entire series last year) but i was hooked immediately. I watched the entire six seasons within a very late night (Dont judge me! I needed to find out what happened)

There are characters for everyone and if you ever find yourself needing a laugh this definitely hits the spot. The casting was brilliant and i was delighted to see familiar faces in some of special guests.

What i especially loved was the intros to each episode – Codex goes over what has happened previously in the format of a video blog with her webcam.

Watch it here