Counterplay 2016
Counterplay was an odd experience for somebody like me, who mostly goes to academic conferences. Some of the program was very much like you would experience ...
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Adult Play, Day 2
The second day of Adult Play seminar discussed sexual play, parents and mature players and understanding some basic features of games through psychophysiolog...
Adult Play, Day 1
The first day of Adult Play seminar was an interesting combination of all kinds of different approaches to play and playfulness, and how they relate to toys,...
Critical Evaluation of Game Studies
I participated at the Critical Evaluation of Game Studies conference at Tampere this week. As the name implies, the theme was very meta, with commentary abou...
PanoptiCorp, part 2: When Now Is Too Late
This is the second post about PanoptiCorp. The first was about personal experiences, so it actually makes more sense to read this first to get some context f...
PanoptiCorp, part 1: the Soul of a Corper
Warning: this is long, rambly, and has no context. I will write a part 2 with more context, when I’ve had some time to process what I experienced.
Ropecon and a new Finnish fantasy role-playing game
Ropecon was just last weekend and a friend of mine, the writer of Cafe Lax, published a role-playing game there: Bliaron. Apparently it sold quite well.
The Practice of Theory: Seminar of Culture Studies
I attended the seminar of Society for Cultural Studies in Finland. It is a two-day seminar, so I’m missing part of it as I’m writing this, but the most inter...
Ropecon
Ropecon was some time ago. I’ve been trying to concentrate on reading, so commenting on Ropecon is several weeks late. It was an exhausting experience for se...