jameybash

a personal blog for Jamey Alea

April 29, 2023

Embracing Felix – My Experience at Giovanni: The Last Supper

Last month, I attended a Vampire: the Masquerade blockbuster LARP on a whole different scale than any I’d done before. Giovanni: The Last Supper, hosted by Orion Games, was a...

April 12, 2023

I Love Cassettes

Let’s talk about cassette tapes. A friend of mine recently made a prediction about cassettes becoming the next hipster thing, like vinyl has become. That’s an interesting thought! I’m afraid...

January 24, 2023

Anatomy of a LARP Prop

Recently, I shared my experience at Saturnalia, a blockbuster LARP that was held this past November in New Orleans, but one aspect of it that I wanted to talk about...

January 8, 2023

On Trauma & Resilience in Buffalo, NY

2022 was a hard year. It was hard on me personally. I lost several friends this year, including two of my best friends, to sickness and death. I dealt with...

December 16, 2022

Fangs of New Orleans: Saturnalia LARP

It had been a few years since I’d done a blockbuster LARP, but that changed in November when my girlfriend and I traveled down to New Orleans to participate in...

September 21, 2022

How I Became A Race Car Driver

It’s always an exciting day when you can cross one off the bucket list, and that happened to me recently when I made my ~racing debut~ earlier this month at...

August 10, 2022

Introducing “Punk Ass Sorcerers” 🤘🏻✨

I recently got to collaborate with my good friend Charlie Bacon on a new two-stat roleplaying game called Punk Ass Sorcerers. Actually, I don’t want to sell it short: the...

June 2, 2022

A Field Trip to Cleveland: My Residency at Zygote Press!

I did something cool and interesting last week that I want to share about: a one week long residency at a printmaking studio in Cleveland, OH called Zygote Press! At...

May 4, 2022

Making Old Things New Again: Jameson Hampton & the Tarot of Sorts

I like old things. Antiques. I like their vintage visual aesthetic and the way they smell. I like thinking about the people who used to use them. It makes me...

March 10, 2022

Finding Empowerment With New Work: A Conversation with Studio Resident Jameson Hampton

I have been hard at work on my letterpress residency project and the upcoming exhibition which opens at Book Arts next week! Here’s the description of the project: The Tarot...

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