Laura E. Hall

@lauraehall

Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she Immersipedia coming soon 📖 PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books) ✨ lauraehall.com 🔎 cfia.org 🎙️ secretlives.games

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Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Jun 19

Not a pet exactly but here’s a small pile of naked mole rats I saw at the zoo

A small pile of naked mole rats in an enclosure. They’re sleeping and have a lot of wrinkly skin

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Jun 17

Thinking about ‘the block’

$A fraction of the giant hoard is on display in the exhibition, including "the block," a 330-pound mass of fused-together artifacts. Spearheads, wagon parts and harness pieces are visible from the outside, but "what's inside is largely a mystery, the museum's archaeology curator, Emily North, tells BBC News' Seb Cheer and Joanita Musisi.$

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· May 30

I enjoyed Backrooms, 2.25871 thumbs up

A regular hand emoji except it has two thumbs attached to the hand, spooky

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· May 26

I’m still sick as a dawg these days (getting better) but have some exciting news coming for the Center for Immersive Arts - I’ve been working with a crew to prepare it to grow from a single-person (me) endeavor to a proper, functioning organization, and it will be moving forward soon!

A grimacing woman makes air quotes and says, “How ‘am’ I?”

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· May 5

He should make it a vest (or at least show some belly) and lean into The Fall vibes

An image from the movie, the fall starring Mees. He wears a black and gold vest, which shows off his muscle. He also has a flowing skirt like bottom and a black hat.

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· May 1

On May 1, 1973, Police Sergeant Neil Howie finds that he is unable to leave the remote Hebridean island Summerisle. The island residents celebrate May Day with pagan rituals (The Wicker Man, 1973)

A police officer on a seaplane quizzically looks at a fish mask

A May 1973 calendar with the 1st circled in red

A pagan ritual. Six men with swords have them crossed so that there is a single opening in the middle. People move underneath, then stand up so that their head is inside the circle. Shown here is a young woman in an owl mask with her head in the circle, as a parade waits behind them

An image of a giant man-shaped figure assembled from twigs, the wicker man

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Apr 19

Today was beautifully sunny, and so many people turned out to celebrate public transportation! I love PDX

A chihuahua mix dog (I think - it's small and cute and friendly-looking) poses while wearing a little costume of a MAX Type 1 train, a rail car with stripes on it

A poster for an event done in a retro 80s neon style, with a picture of a light rail train with stripes on the side. "1986-2026, Goodbye, MAX Type 1. April 18, 2026 at Holladay Park. NE Holladay St. and NE 11th Ave. Near the Lloyd Center. 12 p.m. - 3 p.m."

A child wearing a hoodie with MAX Type 1-colored stripes bends over to pick up a blue toy MAX train. They are kneeling next to a person wearing a matching blue TRIMET-themed dress and a Banfield Light Rail Project cap. They hold an OPB microphone

A person poses in a train costume by a large crowd and a bunch of bikes. They have a box decorated to look like a train on their head, and wear an apron depicting rail tracks.

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Apr 7

Today, April 7, 2026, humans inexplicably stop aging, dying and being born (17776 or What Football Will Look Like in the Future by Jon Bois, 2017)

A conversation. 1: How long has it been like this? 2: On April 7th, 2026, people stopped being born. On the same day, people stopped dying, and people stopped aging. 3: Ham cheese. ham cracker. cheese cracker. ham and cheese cracker. ham and cheese. 1: Why? 2: We don't know. Nobody knows.

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Apr 5

Happy First Contact Day! 🖖 Today, April 5, 2063, is the first meeting of humans and an extraterrestrial race when a Vulcan ship lands in Montana (Star Trek: First Contact, 1996)

A photo of a diverse group of people looking up at something in the night sky. “Captain’s log, April the 5th, 2063. The voyage of the Phoenix was a success. Again. The alien ship detected the warp signature and is on its way to rendezvous with history.”

A Vulcan has emerged from the ship and lowered his hood, revealing his pointed ears. He holds his hand up in a gesture of greeting, saying, “Live long and prosper.”

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Apr 1

Today, March 32nd, Greendale Community College officially bans April Fools' Day (Community, s01e20, 2010)

A bald man standing in front of a classroom, speaking to the class. There's Spanish writing on the chalkboard behind him, and a bored-looking man sits at a desk. The bald man is saying, "April Fools' Day is banished, okay?"

The bald man looks to the side as he raises his fingers to emphasize a point. Behind him, the board reads "1 Abril". He's saying, "April 1st is officially—"

The bald man continues, still pointing emphatically in front of a chalkboard. He says, "March 32nd forever."

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Dec 31

I made the tail extra silly

A lemon pig or lemon piglet, a lemon with toothpicks for legs standing on a table. It has cloves for eyes and a 50 pence coin in its mouth. The tail is curly aluminum foil

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Dec 31

The Sickos meme, with a tapestry rendering of King Arthur. He presses himself against the glass of a window, saying, "Yes... Ha ha ha.... YES!"

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Dec 30

Remember to stock up on lemons today for your New Year Lemon Pig-making needs! 🍋

Image depicts the following, which is the text transcription. It's very cute! "Lemon Piglet (11) For good luck in the New Year, a lemon piglet is a must! Insert four toothpicks into a lemon for legs. Slit pointed end for mouth to hold shiny penny, and two cuts for the ears. Eyes are cloves. Crush and curl foil for silly tail."

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Dec 21

Uncanny timing!

A screenshot showing a person talking about watching the film "Eyes Without a Face". Next to it, a person is listening to the song "Eyes Without a Face" by Billy Idol

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Dec 18

Stay safe out there y'all

An illustration showing cute fat rabbits piling into an underground burrow. There is text, part of which has been edited. The original text says "There are tunnels underground where bunnies are safe — safe" and the edited text adds "from emails"

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Dec 16

It's true and he should say it

A Twitter post from "Blake™", @NeilNevins. "The rats in the Nutcracker literally did nothing wrong. They lived in that house. They waited patiently until everyone went to sleep. It’s not their fault a girl shrunk and entered their magical world."

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Dec 11

Missing my kitty a lot. She used to lie in front of the Christmas tree in this funny bunny pose, never did it at any other time. She was a sweetie

A cat lying in front of a Christmas tree on her side, looking at the camera. Her paws are pulled up sweetly by her face

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Nov 27

Williams was briefly reunited with the hare for a 2009 documentary. “It is wonderful to see it after all these years,” he said. “It was a very emotional moment. I had not remembered it being as detailed. The bells jingled and it sparkled in a way I had forgotten.”

An older man with a beard holding up a golden rabbit necklace

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Nov 27

This is the image of the buried treasure, an intricate golden hare. Its finding was controversial: Two teachers solved the puzzle and dug it up, but overlooked the container. It was then found in the dirt piles by a friend of the author's ex-girlfriend, using her inside knowledge

A photograph of a golden rabbit necklace, with gems hanging off of it, and shapes of a bird, a sun, a frog, and a mouse

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Nov 27

Images from Masquerade (1979) by Kit Williams, an illustrated puzzle book that led clever readers to a buried golden hare. This book was immensely popular upon release and inspired the genre we now call "armchair treasure hunts"

A page from the book "Masquerade". It shows a man holding two marionette puppets and along the side reads, Jack be nimble, jack (an image of a bee) quick, and jack jumps over the flame

A page from the book "Masquerade". It shows a hare in a field, and around the edge reads, In haste to chase, Jack hare jumps dog, rose blushing, petals tumble upon air

A page from the book "Masquerade". It shows a field at night, with words around the edge reading, I am as cold as earth, as old as earth, and in the earth am I one of six to eight

A page from the book "Masquerade". It shows a woman hanging upside down as animals appear to spill from her head. Around the edge it reads, Round and round I follow you, round and round you follow me

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Nov 20

Tumblr user monchursouls posts, “Harvesting my wheat” with emojis of wheat crossed out. User rat-in-the-grain replies, “Hehehehehe”. monchursouls replies, “Can I fucking help you?”

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Nov 19

Everything's coming up Milhouse

A hand holding the cover of a book titled "Twelve months of Monastery soups, international favorites, by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette"

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Nov 7

He's just like me fr (I'm writing this post by candlelight while lightning crashes outside my tower window) #frankenstein @realgdt.bsky.social

A screenshot from Twitter. User bloodfangs says, "guillermo del toro has the imagination and creativity of a woman who spends her time maladaptive daydreaming in her bedroom about meeting her soulmate in the most gothic situation imaginable and that's why I love him so". Posted October 19, 2025

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Nov 7

Happy Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is Streaming Day to those who celebrate (me!!)

A poster for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein depicting the monster carrying the bride. It is captioned "Let us be monsters together" and has the artist names, Oscarr Isaac, Jacob Elorde, Mia Goth and Christopher Waltz, a film by Guillermo del Toro, and says Now Playing in Select Theaters, Netflix November 7.

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Oct 23

The log lady from Twin Peaks facing the camera. She is a woman wearing a heavy sweater and glasses. She clutches a log in her arms protectively. She is saying, “one day, the sadness will end.“

Director David Lynch from one of his daily weather report videos. He is turning to a window, looking outside and saying, “but I don’t think today’s the day.“

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Oct 23

A Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin’s dad is going to read him a bedtime story.

First panel:
Calvin’s dad, scanning a bookshelf: “What story would you like tonight? We can read anything except—“
Calvin, from bed, excited: “The Voynich Manuscript!”

Second panel:
Calvin’s dad, deeply exasperated: “NO! No Voynich Manuscript tonight! We’ve tried to decipher that book a million times!”
Calvin, yelling: “I want the Voynich Manuscript!”

Third panel:
Calvin’s dad, trying to reason with him: “Look, you *know* how the story goes! You’ve memorized the whole thing! It’s completely unreadable!”
Calvin: “I want mysterious glyphs and sigils!”

Fourth panel:
Calvin, in bed and staring wide-eyed into the dark: “Wow, the story was different *that* time!”
Hobbes, also in bed and staring: (a long string of incomprehensible characters).

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Oct 20

Still the greatest endorsement of all time

A sign reading "I have not read this Katamari book, and also I don't remember 100% what I told to L.E. Hall in the interviews. But I would recommend this book irresponsibly." -Keita Takahashi, creator of Katamari Damacy

The cover of Katamari Damacy by L.E. Hall, from Boss Fight Books. It shows a penguin being menaced by a giant sticky ball of tape

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Oct 17

Real (me guarding a slug on a busy path, with the added bonus of being able to say, “Slug!” and pointing it out to everyone passing by)

Two feet stand next to a slug in the middle of a dirt path

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Oct 7

After almost 20 years together, my sweet old gal Evey passed away early this morning. A piece of my heart is missing now, but I'm grateful I was able to be with her in her final moments and help ease her passage

A sweet tabby cat sits quietly in a sunbeam, glowing like a little angel

A very young tabby cat sits with her tail curled up protectively around her paws

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall· Oct 3

For context, these are the ones I’ve seen