It is my belief that capturing the reality of North Korea through purely rational means is impossible.
Video Pollution
Tobias Wrigstad lectures about games
Check out Sweden’s own angry man Tobias Wrigstad’s lecture about roleplaying “This might sting a little”: Game Lecture Series – Tobias Wrigstad from itucph on Vimeo.
Nordic Larp Talks
Check out the video of the Nordic Larp Talks event in Stockholm recently. It’s almost two hours, but well worth your time if you’re interested in larp. It features many of the luminaries of the Nordic larp scene, such as Jaakko Stenros, Markus Montola, Johanna Koljonen, Emma Wieslander, Peter Munthe-Kaas Continue Reading
Antarctic Research Blog #81 – Alone
Non-fiction: Richard E. Byrd: Alone (Island Press, 1938/2003) This was one of the last Antarctic classics I had yet to read, an account of Admiral Byrd’s stay alone in 1934 at the Advance Base weather station. Staying alone through the Antarctic winter proved to be hazardous, and most of the Continue Reading
Antarctic Research Blog #69 – Zombie Zombie: Driving
I spotted the link to this in the irc. It’s described as a “non-official video” for the Zombie Zombie song Driving, directed by Simon Gesler and Xavier Ehretsmann. It manages to combine a whole load of things I love, from French electro and Antarctica to the G.I. Joe toys and Continue Reading
The Making of Winter Circus Time
By my brother…
Isä ja poika larppaamassa
Aamusydämellä TV1 Sunnuntai klo 9.05 10.2.2008 Isä, poika ja roolipeli. Heikki ja Erik Kasurinen harrastavat yhdessä larppausta eli liveroolipelaamista. Millainen vaikutus sillä on isän ja pojan suhteeseen? Teksti-TV 333. “Mites avovaimo suhtautuu siihen, että mies ravaa metsissä?” “No avovaimo ravaa myös.” Tätä katsoessa sitä ajattelee, että roolipelaamisen ja larppaamisen käsittely Continue Reading