Real Communities Forming Online – Peek to Soft Toy Lovers Community on Instagram
Online communities can be as real as in ”real life” - Case plushie blogger’s community on Instagram
Essays and feature articles about games and game culture. Including experimental game reviews and other unconventional freeform writings
Planescape: Torment (PC) review
Esoteric journey to the center of the multiverse #planescape #torment #review
For the Love of Games @ Checkpoint
So in hindsight, maybe it wasn't really a good idea to have a non-Finnish person cover a predominantly Finnish speaking event. That said, Checkpoint is a ton of good stuff jam packed into a 2-day event.
Image © PlatinumGames and Konami Digital Entertainment
Decibels & Destruction: The Soundtrack of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Its Role in the Game
The soundtrack of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is much more than just palatable background noise.
Taverna – Suomen ensimmäinen lautapelikahvila
Lautapelikahvila Taverna tarjoaa laajan valikoiman pelejä, maistuvaa purtavaa ja leppoisaa tunnelmaa.
Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin and remixing video games
Dark Souls 2: Scholar Of The First Sin presents a new way to remix a game’s play experience.
Not quite a wheel-and-pedal combo, but close enough. Namco's neGcon on the left, Microsoft's Wireless Speed Wheel on the right.
Hardware Special: Namco neGcon VS Microsoft Wireless Speed Wheel
Something old, something new: Two unusual racing controllers go head-to-head!
The closing ritual.
Knutepunkt 2017 – Two Decades of Art, Design, and Scholarship
The Nordic larp conference turned 20. This is how it was.
Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of Review
Become a king by your own hand in this great Conan tabletop rpg
A Love Letter to Liberty City’s Portland
If the true protagonist of an open-world game is its setting, then Portland is GTA III's crown jewel.
PlayLab! Best Games of 2016
Best is of course, always a slightly subjective term as everyone has their own preferences. Therefore these are totally objectively the best games released in 2016. Or at least they…
The House of Faust. Photo by Natalia Kaniak.
College of Wizardry 10 – Magic is real
Playing a young wizard in a Polish castle for three days is an intense experience. #cowlarp #larp #nordiclarp
Qu’est-ce que c’est un #GameJam?
Ideas, computers, friends, pizza and 48 hours to jam into one game #Game Design
Asssassin's Creed (Ubisoft, 2007, with UI and without)
DIEGESIS OR BUST – The Joy of HUDless Gaming
Convenience VS. Diegesis: The battle for immersion, and how playing with the map off makes Assassin's Creed that much more fun.
Apple TV pelilaitteena
Neljännen sukupolven Apple TV haastaa uuden tvOS-käyttöjärjestelmänsä myötä pelikonsolit olohuoneen viihdelaitteena.
Sugoi – hauskuutta täynnä oleva pelihalli Helsingissä
Sugoi on Helsingissä sijaitseva pelihalli, joka on erikoistunut japanilaisiin peleihin. Pelihallin omistaa Markus Autio, ja Sugoi on rekisteröity kaupparekisteriin osakeyhtiönä. Kaikki lähti liikkeelle Aution omasta keräilyharrastuksesta ja kiinnostuksesta japanilaisiin peleihin.…