Well well well!

It’s alive, folks! DEFCON 28 (Safe Mode) is officially live and online!

Are you following our village on twitter? @RoguesVillage to interact with us there, we’ll be going a bit radio silent here, but we invite you all to join in on the fun to be had this weekend!

It’s going to be a really, really good time. http://www.foursuits.co/roguesvillage to check out what we’re up to, and yes, it even answers the question of: What is DEFCON?

Dear Reader —

We’re BACK again! For the first time ever, for the second time in a row.

Is anyone here ready for ZY’s labor of love, the #roguesadventure? Check out the game (going live when DEFCON goes live) here: http://www.foursuits.co/game

If you want to see how we magically interweave the areas of tech and, uh, magic, give us a look: https://defcon.org/html/defcon-safemode/dc-safemode-villages.html

We’ll be live on Discord, here’s our schedule: http://www.foursuits.co/roguesvillage

— Four Suits

Hello fine friends of Four Suits —

We had quite the ride for 2019, with members of our collective sharing our distinct brand of magic all the way from Los Angeles to New York City: DEFCON, the Houdini Estate, Spyscape, Black Rabbit Rose, and more.

In 2020 we aim to reprise and embiggen (just made that one up) all of our recurring events from 2019, choosing to primarily build on our projects and partnerships in place of beginning new ones. Of course, there will probably be a number of new projects that come our way, which we’ll deal with in turn.

Right now we’re thinking about Spectokular, our cannabis magic extravaganza, and we’ve got a couple venues on the line, but nothing set in stone quite yet. Adding some bits to the formula of the experience to spice it up. Cannabis has had a wild roller coaster of a time in LA lately, with Lowell Cafe being the first consumption cafe in the United States, and then the parent company suddenly shutting down and selling the license. But, you bet when the industry gets more situated and stabilized, we’ll be the first ones in that space doing our work.

We’re also thinking about DEFCON 28. Arguably a lot more work logistically and planning-wise than the above. We’re making some big asks that we’ve been wanting to make for a while, and making things we’ve wanted to do that haven’t reached maturity until this year. I still don’t quite understand the people who don’t understand the connection between magic and security, Steve Forte literally wrote a book on this years ago, if anything this sector should be more exploded by this point. We’ll carve out that space for everyone else then. Maybe we’ll do a Q&A to get the answers out there.

Just a ramble as we prepare. Stay tuned…

— J.R.

Thank you to all the guests we had in Rogues Village at DEFCON this year. It was amazing to see so many new friends and familiar faces at the con. Another huge shoutout to everyone who made it possible; the leads at DEFCON who helped us throughout the way, Zant, Nikita, and F4UX; the folks at Modern Rogue, Brian, Jason, and David; everyone on the Four Suits team & associates, JR ZY HA BM AE, and all the new friends we made at the village!

If you’re reading this after meeting us in Vegas, this is where we share some of our thoughts on some of the experimental fields of magic that we inhabit. Hackers may find this post interesting: Security & Magic

We’ll be back to our regular programming beginning next week,

-- J.R.

In the interest of creative, poetic, and artistic hacking, (the essence of our relationship with DEFCON this August), we present to you a guide to hacking/replacing bus stop billboards and public ad spaces, spotted by Z.Y.: http://brandalism.ch/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Brandalism-Guide2.pdf

Now, go on and have some fun. But the first person to use this as a card reveal will be sent to Magician jail.

— J.R.

Your favorite people (us) will be presenting at DEFCON this year, one of the largest hacking conferences in the world. Come find us in Vegas this August, chat with Feds, get sketched out by the state of technology, and inspired by what we can do with it.

Check out our page for more info.

— J.R.