In 2009, I published a roleplaying game called Ikuisuuden laakso. It was about the heroic struggles and tragic fates of lonely penguins and anti-penguins. In 2011 the game was translated into Danish as Evighedens dal by Rollespilsakademiet, and now in 2012 into English by Vagrant Workshop. The English title is Continue Reading
Games
Nordic Larp wins the Diana Jones Award!
Nordic Larp, an excellent collection of articles about games in the Nordic Larp tradition has won the prestigious American Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming. The collection was edited by Markus Montola and Jaakko Stenros, and I contributed an article about the game Luminescence. Here’s the Finnish press release: Continue Reading
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
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.
States of Play sent to the printer
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