Juhana Pettersson

Tilt-Juhana: Heavy Rain ja Bioshock 2

juhana — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:15:18 +0000

(Kuva:Heavy Rain)

Viime aikoina Tiltin saitilla on julkaistu mun arvosteluni peleistä Dark Void, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Heavy Rain, White Knight Chronicles, Bioshock 2, Dante’s Inferno, Aliens vs Predator ja Guitar Hero Van Halen.

Ne voi tsekata myös Tiltin Web-TV:stä. Tilt-blogissani Parempia pelejä olen kirjoittanut räiskintäroolipeleistä, runouden klassikoista videopeleinä, valinnoista ja valinnan illuusiosta, pelialan kehityksestä, ja videopelien kyvystä kuvata pieniä, inhimillisiä hetkiä.

(This post is a series of links to Finnish-language articles I’ve written in my day job as the producer of the videogame tv show Tilt.tv.)

Research Blog Antarctica #95 - Whiteout

juhana — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:46:49 +0000

Film: Dominic Sena: Whiteout (U.S.A. 2009)

Whiteout is an Antarctic crime movie based on the comic book by Greg Rucka. Its a faithful yet plodding adaptation, combining good Antarctic detail with a leaden script and workmanlike direction.

The story is about an U.S. Marshal posted to the American base at the South Pole. A man is discovered dead in the middle of the frozen wasteland of Antarctica, and the question becomes: who killed him, and why did he die?

Watching the movie, one can’t help but assume that the production didn’t have enough money to really do justice to their subject. There are some beautiful exterior shots, but most of the action is set in the usual rooms and passageways of the studio set land.

Tilt-Juhana: The Saboteur

juhana — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:50:01 +0000

(Kuva:The Saboteur)

Viime aikoina Tiltin saitilla on julkaistu mun arvosteluni pelistä The Saboteur. Sen voi tsekata Tiltin Web-TV:stä. Tilt-blogissani Parempia pelejä olen kirjoittanut vanhentuvista kikkaohjaimista ja kansainvälisten pelien anonyymiudesta.

(This post is a series of links to Finnish-language articles I’ve written in my day job as the producer of the videogame tv show Tilt.tv.)

Strange Humanoids of Antarctica

juhana — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:32:13 +0000

The excellent Japanese culture blog Pink Tentacle reveals the story of the “Ningen”, strange white humanoids inhabiting the Antarctic coast.

Check out the rest here.

Cemetery Fashion

juhana — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:56:32 +0000

Gothic styles are in fashion at Cimetiere Montmartre in Paris this January:

Circus near Paris in January

juhana — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:43:38 +0000

This is a circus in a suburb of Paris this January. It huddled in the shadow of concrete apartment blocks, a long, treacherous walk from the obscure train station. Note the caravan in the darkness on the right. I don’t envy the circus people who live there in the cold.

Inside was one of the best circus shows I’ve seen. It was Czech, and it was called Obludarium, produced by Théâtre des frères Forman. The electricity was generated by the audience with hand cranks, it was very dark, and there was a heartbreaking, terrifying mermaid.

Lisää peliarvosteluja

juhana — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:21:22 +0000

(Kuva: Brütal Legend)

Minä ja Jussi Ahlroth tehtiin Hesariin kartoitus syyskauden peleistä. Täältä löytyy nettiin typistettyjä arvosteluja. Koko paketti hienoine Brütal Legend -pääjuttuineen ilmestyi kulttuurisivuilla 15.12.2009.

Olen kirjoittanut peliaiheista pitkään, mutta en ole vieläkään oppinut ennustamaan, mitä lausunnot aiheuttavat hätää ja ahdistusta lukijoiden keskuudessa. Kuvittelin, että Modern Warfare 2 -kommenteista saattaisi tulla jotain sanomista, mutta tän juttukokonaisuuden kiistelty näkemys koskikin Dragon Age: Originsin kehnoa visuaalista ilmettä.

Ehkä näitä joskus vielä oppii ennakoimaan…

Playground Worlds is finally online

juhana — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:05:37 +0000

Playground Worlds is the collection of articles about roleplaying games published at the 2008 Solmukohta conference. I have an article in the book as well.

Playground Worlds has finally been published online, here. Check it out, there’s a lot of good stuff in there.

Tilt-Juhana: Vuoden parhaat

juhana — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:31:13 +0000

(Kuva:Bayonetta)

Viime aikoina Tiltin saitilla on julkaistu mun arvosteluni peleistä Assassin’s Creed II, LittleBigPlanet PSP ja Bayonetta. Ne voi tsekata myös Tiltin Web-TV:stä. Tilt-blogissani Parempia pelejä olen kirjoittanut vuoden parhaista peleistä kolmessa erillisessä merkinnässä.

(This post is a series of links to Finnish-language articles I’ve written in my day job as the producer of the videogame tv show Tilt.tv.)

Research Blog Antarctica #94 - White-Out

juhana — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:10:48 +0000

Novel: James Vance Marshall: White-Out (Soho Press, 1999)

James Vance Marshall’s White-Out is in many ways the quintessential Antarctic novel. Its centerpiece is a long sledging journey undertaken across the Antarctic Peninsula by a group of men fighting for survival. All the usual privations from hunger to the blizzards are featured in turn.

The story starts like the usual Antarctic thriller, with Nazi submarines and a mystery discovery by a British expedition. This proves to be an illusion, and despite the self-consciously sophisticated language, it eventually becomes something profound and beautiful.

Its also fun to read a story featuring Antarctic history from the Eighties and the Nineties instead of the thoroughly explored Heroic Era around the First World War.