Issue #21 of Roolipelaaja, the roleplaying magazine I edit, is at the printers!
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Research Blog Antarctica #91 – This Everlasting Silence
Non-fiction: ed. Nancy Robinson Flannery: This Everlasting Silence – The love letters of Paquita Delprat and Douglas Mawson 1911-1914 (Melbourne University Press, 2000) The Australian Douglas Mawson is an Antarctic explorer contemporary with his more famous colleagues Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott and Ernst Shackleton. He’s less known because he Continue Reading
Auringonlasku videopeliafrikassa
Uudessa Kumppani-lehdessä (4/2009) on kirjoittamani artikkeli videopelien Afrikka-kuvasta. Käsittelyssä ovat pelit Far Cry 2, Resident Evil 5 ja Afrika. Juttu löytyy täältä. Tsekatkaa lopusta myös Kaarina Vainion tiivistelmä siitä, kenen selkänahasta halpa pelikonsoli revitään.
Pix or didn’t happen
This was the first year in some time I missed the Nordic roleplaying conference Knutepunkt, organized this year in Norway. The Norwegians published their book on the net with exemplary speed, and it has an article by me as well. The name of the book is Larp, the Universe and Continue Reading
Roolipelaaja #20 is at the printers!
Issue #20 of Roolipelaaja, the roleplaying magazine I edit, is at the printers.
Vintage Antarctic Photos
A friend sent me the link to this, a gallery of historical polar images called Freeze Frame. It’s maintained by the British Scott Polar Research Institute. There’s a lot of interesting stuff there, from photos almost a hundred years old to very recent stuff, like the one above.
Antarctic Research Blog #90 – Beyond the Mountains of Madness
Roleplaying game supplement: Charles and Janyce Engan: Beyond the Mountains of Madness (Chaosium inc. 1999) Beyond the Mountains of Madness is a Thirties campaign adventure published for the Call of Ctulhu roleplaying game. Some of the best roleplaying adventures ever made have been published for the Call of Cthulhu game, Continue Reading
Irakilaisten sota
Kirjoitin Kumppani-lehteen artikkelin Irakin sotaan sijoittuvasta tv-sarjasta Generation Kill. Juttu löytyy täältä.
Russian Antarctic Photos
English Russia has some great photographs from a Russian Antarctic base, by Anton Chekalin:
Antarctic Research Blog #89 – Planet Earth: Ice Worlds
Documentary tv-series: Planet Earth, episode Ice Worlds (U.K. 2006) Planet Earth is a spectacularly produced BBC nature program aiming to cover the entire planet Earth. Episode number six, Ice Worlds, covers the polar regions. Given the general nature of the show, not much of the content is new, but the Continue Reading