⚔️ 𝐍𝐎𝐍-𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⚔️ PRE-ORDER via @metalabel_ NOW 🔗 lanparty.metalabel.com/non-p… 𝙉𝙤𝙣-𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, the debut book from LAN Party (@bennavkim & @Benoit_Tokyo), is a collection of essays, short stories, interviews and visuals that explores the figure of the NPC as a cultural symbol, internet trope, social mirror, and conceptual vessel. The book gathers the contributions of eight theorists, curators, artists, journalists and game modders, and is one of the first efforts at assembling disparate ideas and explorations of what the NPC is, what it does, and how it might even speak back. Through it, we explore what the NPC phenomenon reveals about our own humanness in the age of Big Tech and AI accelerationism. 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢: • Kyle Chayka (@chaykak) • Günseli Yalcinkaya (@gunseli_yal) • 2girls1comp (@marcodemutiis & Alexandra Pfammatter) • Nora O’ Murchú (@norette) • LAN Party • Morgane Billuart • Angela Washko (@angelawashko) • Alex Quicho 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙗𝙮: Ruby Bailey 𝙀𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮: LAN Party with special thanks to Danielle Paterson & @mollysoda for their support & love for this book since the very beginning. 🤍