Hi! I'm a researcher interested in games, digital culture and philosophy. When not writing about games, I play role-playing games, draw maps and run federated social media.

You can find me from the University of Jyväskylä and The Finnish Society for Game Research. I currently work for the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies.

You can find my publications, talks, all my weird projects and blog posts from this site.

Recent posts

On the sociology of games

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I’ve been working on my second thesis seminar paper roughly from the beginning of the year.

New year, new ideas

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We were sitting in sauna and it was getting late when we decided that it would be a perfect opportunity to play a short game of role-play. Few hours of time,...

Between Heaven and Hell

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We’ve been playing Nobilis for some time now. It is a campaign, led by me, about the diplomacy between Heaven and Hell. The players have two sets of characte...

Your Eminence

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According to Mike’s Philosophical Definitions Page an Eminence is a “famous living academic whose work is relevant but sloppy. I’d like to elaborate more on ...

Why games?

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There are two ways to understand this question: