I and some friends have a project of trying to watch all movies, tv episodes and other stuff with moving pictures related to roleplaying games ever made. We’re pretty far along on this goal. I’ll write here about old and new things we’ve found and watched. (The trailer for Zero Continue Reading
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Roleplaying Game Movie Night #9: Eskapistit
I and some friends have a project of trying to watch all movies, tv episodes and other stuff with moving pictures related to roleplaying games ever made. We’re pretty far along on this goal. I’ll write here about old and new things we’ve found and watched. (The Eskapistit trailer.) Eskapistit Continue Reading
Roleplaying Game Movie Night #8: DragonStrike
I and some friends have a project of trying to watch all movies, tv episodes and other stuff with moving pictures related to roleplaying games ever made. We’re pretty far along on this goal. I’ll write here about old and new things we’ve found and watched. (You can check out Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #130 – Whale Wars, Seasons 1 & 2
(Whale Wars) Tv series: Whale Wars: Seasons 1 & 2 (U.S.A., 2008-2009) Whale Wars is a documentary tv series about the campaigns the environmental organization The Sea Shepherds conducts in the Southern Ocean. They disrupt Japanese whaling operations by harassing them in various ways. In the first two seasons, we Continue Reading
Nordic Larp and American power
Last weekend, I was at the Nordic roleplaying and larp conference Knutpunkt in Sweden. Like always, it was a wonderful experience, showing how furiously the scene and the artform are progressing into new and exciting directions. Sometimes it feels like things are going so fast, you have to work hard Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #129 – Freeze ‘Em All
Freeze ‘Em All is a concert given by Metallica at the Argentinean Carlini base on 8.12.2013. It’s part of an attempt to make a record by playing a gig on all seven continents within a year. I’m an Antarctic geek and I like metal, but this doesn’t do much for Continue Reading
Nordic Larp the book available for free
Nordic Larp, the seminal collection of articles about important games in the Nordic countries. Is finally available as a freely downloadable PDF. Get it here. I have an article in the book, about the larp Luminescence.
Roleplaying Game Movie Night #7: Knights of Badassdom & Lloyd the Conqueror
I and some friends have a project of trying to watch all movies, tv episodes and other stuff with moving pictures related to roleplaying games ever made. We’re pretty far along on this goal. I’ll write here about old and new things we’ve found and watched. (Knights of Badassdom) Movies Continue Reading
The New Knutpunkt Books Are Out
The Nordic larp conference Knutpunkt will be held shortly. The books published together with the conference are now available as free PDFs. This time, there’s two: a collection of new articles called The Cutting Edge of Nordic Larp and a collection of old articles humbly titled The Foundation Stone of Continue Reading
Antarctic Research Blog #128: Lost Antarctica
Non-fiction: James McClintock: Lost Antarctica (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) James McClintock is an American scientist with a long career of work on Antarctica. His book Lost Antarctica is one of those that I can recommend with: “If you read one book about Antarctica…” Lost Antarctica is part career retrospective, part adventure Continue Reading