{"id":8210,"date":"2023-01-25T18:43:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T18:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/?p=8210"},"modified":"2023-01-25T18:43:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T18:43:16","slug":"all-the-open-worlds-a-stage-how-the-video-game-fallout-became-a-backdrop-for-live-shakespeare-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/?p=8210","title":{"rendered":"All the (open) world\u2019s a stage: how the video game Fallout became a backdrop for live Shakespeare shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2023\/jan\/25\/the-open-worlds-a-stage-how-the-video-game-fallout-became-a-backdrop-for-live-shakespeare-shows?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4ef6715c03f20810f37a067a2a0a624e2ca294d7\/0_85_1024_614\/master\/1024.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Free to roam through the post-apocalyptic game, one intrepid group has taken to performing the Bard. They have found an intent new audience, as well as the odd mutant scorpion<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Guardian has a nice story today about a Shakespeare troupe who are staging plays in <a href=\"https:\/\/fallout.bethesda.net\/en\/\">Fallout 76<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2023\/jan\/25\/the-open-worlds-a-stage-how-the-video-game-fallout-became-a-backdrop-for-live-shakespeare-shows\">All the (open) world\u2019s a stage: how the video game Fallout became a backdrop for live Shakespeare shows<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It seems to me that this is related to the various activities that were staged in Second Life and other environments. It also has connections to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Machinima\">Machinima<\/a> phenomenon where people use 3D environments like games to stage acts that are filmed.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the problem with Fallout 76 is the performers can get attacked during a performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free to roam through the post-apocalyptic game, one intrepid group has taken to performing the Bard. They have found an intent new audience, as well as the odd mutant scorpion The Guardian has a nice story today about a Shakespeare troupe who are staging plays in Fallout 76,\u00a0 All the (open) world\u2019s a stage: how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/?p=8210\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">All the (open) world\u2019s a stage: how the video game Fallout became a backdrop for live Shakespeare shows<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-games","category-internet-culture-and-technology","category-playful-or-cool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8211,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210\/revisions\/8211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}