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Love, romance and larp – Playing romantic love in larps
*This article was originally published in Finnish in 2014, and it was translated by some larpers in 2016. You can find the original post here. Romantic love is a strong motive in both fiction and real life. It makes people start relationships and break up, cheat on their partners, take revenge, rejoice, engage in a…
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Cultural collision course: Herald tells you a tale of diversity
In 2013 Nörttitytöt was involved in organizing GameOverHate, a week-long event related to the No Hate Speech Movement with the purpose of finding ways to combat hate speech in online game environments. I had the honor and pleasure to be one of the 30-ish people who attended the event, and Aino Harvola (my lovely editor collegue,…
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The most equal fandom in the world
In Finland’s Science Fiction fandom everyone is treated equal: men, women, authors, artists, and hang arounds. American Finncon-visitors have often been surprised by the equality of the Finnish SF-scene. This includes gender balance and equality between genders, but also authors and fans, two veterans of the Finnish fandom, author-scriptwriter Johanna Sinisalo and Hannele Parviala,…
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The Legend of Shenmue: Trying out Sega’s masterpiece after a fourteen-year wait
Shenmue cover art (cropped) I remember hearing of Shenmue when Dreamcast was all the buzz. This was back when there were TV commercials for Dreamcast. I was a teenager and working at a games store called Electronics Boutique at the time, before the manager there fired me without giving any reason. He was a strange…
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Fanfiction goes Korea
Fanfiction is not alien to most people these days – many have at least heard of it. But while it is as global a phenomenon as fandoms in general, it doesn’t seem to appear entirely the same everywhere in the world. Fanfiction is a subject I often try not to touch when I meet people…
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The Ethics of Designing Games
At parties, it’s usually a positive experience to introduce yourself as a game designer. ”Oh wow, you make games! Cool.” ”That’s the right industry to be in right now.” ”So are you going to make the next Angry Birds?” But, a few times I’ve had a slightly less positive response. Once I had met a…
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Nörttitytöt tapasivat Rhianna Pratchettin
English version of the story at the end. Rhianna Pratchett (s. 1976) on englantilainen kirjoittaja, joka nykyään työskentelee lähinnä pelien parissa. Hänen merkittävimpiä töitään ovat Overlord-sarja, Mirror’s Edge, Heavenly Sword ja hiljattain uusittu Tomb Raider. Hän on fantasiakirjailija Terry Pratchettin tytär. Nörttitytöt kohtasivat kirjoittajan Fanfestissä Helsingissä, 5.10.2013, Paasitornin kirjastossa, missä Pratchett oli tapahtuman kunniavieraana. Nörttitytöt:…
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In Search of Lady Combatants
Full disclosure: the writer is married to and friends with people who are making this game. You might have heard of Guy Windsor before – the guy (pun intended) who always gives lectures about medieval European swordsmanship in Ropecon. He came to Finland in 2001 and established The School of European Swordsmanship here in Helsinki.…
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Shelter
Shelter by Survivalist Games Available on Android, Windows Phone, iOS. Reviewed mainly on Android, tested also on Windows Phone. Pegi 12 Shelter is a mobile card/deck building game where you – the survivor – try to battle your way to your lady friend through zombie infested areas, picking up allies on the way. The premise…
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GameOverHate
(Tämä ei ole maksettu mainos. Nörttitytöt ovat aktiivisesti mukana järjestämässä kyseistä tapahtumaa. / This is not a paid advertisement. The Geekgirls Finland are actively participating in planning the event.) Oletko kyllästynyt online-pelikulttuurin vihamielisyyteen? Oletko ihmisoikeusaktivisti, joka haluaa tutustua peliyhteisöihin? Oletko intohimoinen (online)pelaaja, jolla on kiinnostusta ihmisoikeuksiin? Oletko aktiivinen peliyhteisön jäsen, kiltajohtaja, bloggari tai muuten vain…