Documentary: Paul Copeland: Words of Captain Scott (U.K. 2012) Robert Falcon Scott and his attempt to be first at the South Pole is probably the single most talked about subject in Antarctic literature. Words of Captain Scott is an hour-long British tv documentary trying to breathe life into the old Continue Reading
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Juhana Ropeconissa
Suomen paras, hienon tai ainakin suurin roolipelitapahtuma Ropecon järjestetään Espoon Dipolissa 27. – 29. 7. 2012. Mä olen mukana kolmessa ohjelmanumerossa: Larp ja Taide Su 13.00 – Su 15.00, Sali 26 Paneeli Järjestäjä: Katri Lassila, Vili Nissinen, Mike Pohjola, Juhana Pettersson Keskustelussa larppaavat taiteilijat ja taiteelliset larppaajat luotaavat taiteen ja live-roolipelien Continue Reading
Roolipelaajan vanhoja numeroita App Storessa
Toimin vuosina 2007, 2008 ja 2009 roolipelilehti Roolipelaajan päätoimittajana. Taloudellisesti lehti ei ollut kummoinenkaan menestys, mutta sisällöllisesti olen ylpeä työstä jota minä ja edeltäjäni Mikko Rautalahti teimme. Nyt vanhoja Roolipelaajan numeroita on jälleen saatavilla, tällä kertaa digitaalisessa muodossa Applen App Storessa. Digi-Roolipelaajia voi tsekkailla iPhoneilla ja iPadeilla pientä korvausta vastaan. Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #110: Berserk in the Antarctic
Non-fiction: David Mercy: Berserk in the Antarctic (Summersdale, 2006) Berserk in the Antarctic is a travel book in which the author, David Mercy, makes his way to Antarctica from Chile in a small sailing boat staffed by him, the young Norwegian captain and an unreliable guy called Manuel. The craziness Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #109 – Happy Feet 2
Film: George Miller: Happy Feet 2 (Australia, 2011) The two biggest subsections of Antarctic books, movies and other media are the men of the Heroic Age such as Scott and Amundsen and penguins. The first Happy Feet movie is probably the best example of penguin-related Antarctic children’s entertainemnt, at least Continue Reading
About States of Play
Jukka Särkijärvi, one of the proofreaders of my larp article collection States of Play, writes about the book here.
Leaving Mundania
This is a review of Lizzie Stark’s book Leaving Mundania: Inside the Transformative World of Live Action Role-Playing. Since I’m in the book, I cannot claim complete objectivity. Leaving Mundania is a subjective description of Stark’s journey of discovery into the world of larp in the U.S. and later in Continue Reading
States of Play presentation
Here’s the presentation I made at the publishing event of my new book States of Play, courtesy of Nordic Larp Talks. The event was held at the PRKL club in Helsinki on the 11th of April.
Mass Effect 3:n loppu
(Kuva: Mass Effectin päähenkilöstä voi tehdä haluamansa näköisen. Kuvassa oma komentaja Shepardini Mass Effect 3:ssa.) Kirjoitan Cityn sivuilla Mass Effect 3:n lopusta.
States of Play has arrived from the printer
My new book States of Play has arrived from the printer. Upper left is the version reserved for the people who contributed to the book. Lower left is the commercial version. On the right is the Solmukohta version. (Photo: Maria Pettersson) More information about the book here.