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magidMIT hosted Gam3rs (Brian Bielawski and Walter G. Meyer) this weekend at the MIT Museum. It's a one-man show about a guy who takes his WoW-analogue-game extremely seriously. And it's very funny, with lots of geek references worked in. The downsides of the obsession are alluded to, but not focused on, which makes sense in light of the author/actor's preferred focus, emphasizing how it can be a way of socializing, of keeping connections alive. He and his brothers and dad meet regularly online to play WoW now; he got hooked when doing research for the show, which started as a 15-minute piece for grad school.
The traveling set is two cubicle walls plastered with sf/anime stuff and a desk with phone, keyboard, speakers, and fidget toys (plus soda and a mouse). No monitor; that doesn't work well, making people try to see what's on screen, and blocking sight lines. They put the aisle in the line where the monitor would be, which I thought worked well, even though it made the seating feel a bit lopsided. Given the location, the lighting was straightforward, while the sound was necessarily more involved, given the chat-request sounds.
Seeing it at MIT, in the lobby of the museum where an exhibit on new communication technologies is currently installed, seemed particularly apt. I was a bit surprised to have the chance to chat with the actor before the show, in addition to the talk-back session afterward.
The traveling set is two cubicle walls plastered with sf/anime stuff and a desk with phone, keyboard, speakers, and fidget toys (plus soda and a mouse). No monitor; that doesn't work well, making people try to see what's on screen, and blocking sight lines. They put the aisle in the line where the monitor would be, which I thought worked well, even though it made the seating feel a bit lopsided. Given the location, the lighting was straightforward, while the sound was necessarily more involved, given the chat-request sounds.
Seeing it at MIT, in the lobby of the museum where an exhibit on new communication technologies is currently installed, seemed particularly apt. I was a bit surprised to have the chance to chat with the actor before the show, in addition to the talk-back session afterward.