RPGnet has a review by Ryan Paddy of this year’s Knudebook Playground Worlds. Here’s what he has to say about my article, The Age of Indulgence: Juhana Pettersson is a funny guy, given to mock-serious writings. Here he discusses the potential of larp as a vehicle for physical indulgence. He Continue Reading
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Roolipelaaja 16
Here’s the cover of the new Roolipelaaja, no 16. The theme is probably not hard to guess. I just sent it off to the printers, and it should arrive to the subscribers around 28th of July, 2008.
Flour and Circus
(The images on the top row are from the larp Luminescence. The photos on the bottom row, by Silvére, are from the performance Bouffe c’que j’te donne.) I’ve put up documentation for the last pieces listed in the Works page in the right sidebar, the larp Luminescence I did with Continue Reading
Big in Slovakia!
My article Battle Against Primitivism from the 2004 Knudebook Beyond Role and Play, edited by Jaakko Stenros & Markus Montola, has been translated into Slovakian by Tomá Kozlík, and published here.
Plastic Cup Documentation
I’ve put up the documentation from my larp the Plastic Cup, played twice earlier this year. You can see the links to the material on the right sidebar. There’s an overview of the game, photos and written material distributed to the players, as well as PDF files both in English Continue Reading
Academia
This morning, I was talking about larp in an academic seminar called Research Methodologies: Embodiment – and the study of cultural and artistic practices, organized at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. The title of my presentation was Embodied Larp – Questions of embodied participation in the games ‘Luminescence’ and Continue Reading
Roolipelaaja 15 painossa!
Roolipelaajan viimeisin numero on saatu painoon. Sen pitäisi saapua myyntiin ja tilaajille kuun vaihtuessa.
Lisää Cannes-juttuja
Mike kirjoittaa blogissaan Sanningen om Marikan tiimoilla tapahtuneista seikkailuistaan: Kirjoitan tätä osallistujille varatussa isossa kokous- ja nettitilassa. Vieressäni istuu pornotähden näköinen nainen, joka on tv-ohjelmien ja -konseptien ostaja. Hän kysyi, tiedänkö mistä saisi kokkelia. (En tiennyt, mutta jaoin kuulemani huhut kannabiskauppiaan sijainnista.) Sitten mimmi kertoi piipahtaneensa illalla Monacossa bilettämässä. Melkoinen Continue Reading
“Fuck passive media”
Hesarin Jussi Ahlroth kirjoittaa blogissaan Sanningen om Marikan Emmy-voitosta: Mutta asiaan liittyi siis uutinenkin. The Company P ja SVT tekevät uutta vuorovaikutteista tv-sarjaa. Rahaa on tullut EBU:lta ja Belgian VRT on mukana. VRT:llä on jo kokemusta ARGeiden etekemisestä. Christopher Sandberg The Company P:stä kertoi, että siinä missä Sanningen om Marika Continue Reading
Sanningen om Marika (The Truth About Marika) wins Emmy!
Sanningem om Marika, a Swedish tv series and alternative reality game wins an international Emmy for best Interactive Television Service! Here’s the official press release. The series itself was written by my friend Martin Ericsson, and the alternate reality game stuff related to it was produced by the Company P, Continue Reading