Jussi Ahlroth has a brilliant article about the problems of writing criticism of roleplaying games in the Solmukohta book Playground Worlds (to which I also contributed), edited by Markus Montola and Jaakko Stenros.
Let’s think of an orchestra. Would we accept it that a violinist wrote a review of a concert she played in? I think [...]

I don’t really know the story of this image, I found it by accident on Google image search.

Mike kirjoittaa blogissaan Sanningen om Marikan tiimoilla tapahtuneista seikkailuistaan:
Kirjoitan tätä osallistujille varatussa isossa kokous- ja nettitilassa. Vieressäni istuu pornotähden näköinen nainen, joka on tv-ohjelmien ja -konseptien ostaja. Hän kysyi, tiedänkö mistä saisi kokkelia. (En tiennyt, mutta jaoin kuulemani huhut kannabiskauppiaan sijainnista.) Sitten mimmi kertoi piipahtaneensa illalla Monacossa bilettämässä. Melkoinen lifestyle, mutta ei taida mimmi tietää [...]

Hesarin Jussi Ahlroth kirjoittaa blogissaan Sanningen om Marikan Emmy-voitosta:
Mutta asiaan liittyi siis uutinenkin. The Company P ja SVT tekevät uutta vuorovaikutteista tv-sarjaa. Rahaa on tullut EBU:lta ja Belgian VRT on mukana. VRT:llä on jo kokemusta ARGeiden etekemisestä.
Christopher Sandberg The Company P:stä kertoi, että siinä missä Sanningen om Marika oli kokeellinen työ, seuraavasta tulee [...]

Sanningem om Marika, a Swedish tv series and alternative reality game wins an international Emmy for best Interactive Television Service!
Here’s the official press release.
The series itself was written by my friend Martin Ericsson, and the alternate reality game stuff related to it was produced by the Company P, where I also know many good people. [...]

Check it out, and watch until the end. It looks like the game will be played 28.8.-31.8.2008.

Here’s the official press release about Playground Worlds, an anthology of articles about roleplaying I contributed to:
PLAYGROUND WORLDS PUBLISHED!
How does a boarding school that uses role-playing games as a primary teaching method function? Can the basics of Forge theory be condensed into one article? What do Happenings and larps have in common? How can [...]

This is a photo from the “10 Years of Panclou” -party on Friday at Solmukohta. Held in one hotel room, I would say I have never seen so many people in one small room, except that I have, in all the room parties of the Knutpunkts of previous years.
The best quote of the event came [...]

I’m back from Solmukohta! I’m going to post some other stuff from there as well, but first the annual Solmukohta book:

I have an article in the book called The Age of Indulgence. Here’s the abstract:
Role-playing games are a way to do things you want to do, but wouldn’t in ordinary life. In this essay, I [...]

The pre-game meet for the Plastic Cup larp will be at the main railway station in Helsinki, inside, under the big timetables, at 13:30. (The game will be on Thursday the 3rd of April.) We’ll go together to the game location. The local train we’ll use leaves a few minutes later, so be on time.
In [...]