My fourth book, the larp and roleplaying article collection States of Play: Nordic Larp Around the World was just sent to the printer. The book will be physically released on the 11th of April, but a PDf version will be made available for free in a few days. This is Continue Reading
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Research Blog Antarctica #108: Peter Wilkins
Fiction: Robert Paltock: Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (U.K. 1751) Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man has the distinction of being the first Antarctic novel ever written, by the English lawyer Robert Paltock. Unfortunately, it’s not very good. Peter Wilkins loses his inheritance Continue Reading
Paheksuntaa
Professori Matti Kuusimäki paheksuu joulukuussa Hesarissa ollutta juttuani: Alkuperäinen artikkelini käsitteli Modern Warfare 3 ja Battlefield 3 -pelien kilvoittelua. Se julkaistiin 15.12.2011, ja Kuusimäen kommentti 18.12.2011. Tunnen oloni… imarrelluksi.
The Thing, revisited
John Carpenter’s movie The Thing is but the most famous example of a lineage of remakes and “inspired by” short stories and movies. And claymation movies starring penguins.
Research Blog Antarctica #107: No Horizon Is So Far
Non-fiction: Liv Arnesen, Ann Bancroft & Cheryl Dahle: No Horizon Is So Far (Penguin, 2004) No Horizon Is So Far is the account of the Norwegian Liv Arnesen and American Ann Bancroft’s expedition to cross the Antarctic continent unsupported. Books about modern Antarctic expeditions like this one are more like Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #106: Icequake
Novel: Crawford Kilian: Icequake (toExcel, 1998) What if there was an earthquake on Antarctica? That’s the premise of Crawford Kilian’s disaster novel Icequake, a novel that’s at its best when describing tons of ice moving in chaos. Following all the traditions of genre literature, its at its worst when it Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #105: The Thing
Film: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.: The Thing (U.S.A., 2011) The movie The Thing is a remake/prequel of John Carpenter’s 1982 movie The Thing, which is a remake of a 1951 movie called The Thing From Another World, which is based on the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Continue Reading
Larp Frescos vol II
The Nordic tradition of publishing collections of larp and roleplaying game theory and design articles together with the Knudepunkt conventions has inspired similar books in other parts of the world. One of these is the Italian Larp Frescos, published in two volumes and edited by the Italian Andrea Castellani and Continue Reading
Tiltin lähetysajat
(Kuvassa Tiltin juontaja Anni Uusivirta, paita Genrewear) Maanantaina tuli tuottamani videopeliohjelma Tiltin eka jakso, ja ensimaanantaista jouluun sitten loput yhdeksän jaksoa. Ensinäytös on aina maanantaina 19:00 Jimillä, uusinnat lauantaina 17:30 ja sunnuntaina 10:00.
Tilt palaa ruutuun
(Kuvassa Anni Uusivirta, Tiltin juontaja.) Mä olen Tilt-videopeliohjelman tuottaja. Tilt on ollut jonkin aikaa tauolla, mutta palaa nyt ruutuun ensi maanantaina eli 17.10.2011 klo 19:00 Jimillä.