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7 October 2008 1:06 PM, PDT | UGO Movies | See recent Ugo Movies news »

There is nothing more awesome than seeing gleeful nerds basking in their dorky-yet-enfranchised element.  It’s the real reason people like going to Comic-Con.  Until today, the best place to see this warm glow of malformed social deviation has been in documentary – the classic video game obsessives in The King of Kong, Scrabble freaks in Word Wars and the always ripe-for-gawking Trekkies.  My personal favorite of these films is Darkon, an action-packed journey into the dangerous and mighty world of Live Action Role Play.  Live Action Role Play (or Larp) is, essentially, people acting out the scenarios of Dungeons and Dragons in real life.  With foam swords and home-made helmets.  And crests.  Lots and lots of crests. Larp ranks as arguably the most awesome subculture among the maladjusted Aspergers-lite set.  I’ve been waiting for it to get its Hollywood treatment (Mama’s Boy doesn’t count) and, by the »

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