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Mike Pohjola
Mikko "Mike" Pohjola (born 15 October 1978) is a Finnish poet, playwright, author, and roleplaying game designer. He is the author of ''Myrskyn aika'', ''Star Wreck Roleplaying Game'', ''Tähti'', ''Kadonneet kyyneleet'', ''Ihmisen poika'', and ''Age of the Tempest''. In Live action role-playing game#Nordic Arthaus, Nordic live action role-playing (LARP) circles, he's known as the author of "the Manifesto of the Turku School" (2000), advocating immersive gaming, as the designer of several experimental LARPs, and as the author of several published roleplaying books. Several of Pohjola's artistic and theoretical articles have been published in journals and magazines in Europe and the United States. Pohjola's first novel, ''Kadonneet kyyneleet'' was published in the summer of 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Pohjola
Mikko "Mike" Pohjola (born 15 October 1978) is a Finnish poet, playwright, author, and roleplaying game designer. He is the author of ''Myrskyn aika'', ''Star Wreck Roleplaying Game'', ''Tähti'', ''Kadonneet kyyneleet'', ''Ihmisen poika'', and ''Age of the Tempest''. In Live action role-playing game#Nordic Arthaus, Nordic live action role-playing (LARP) circles, he's known as the author of "the Manifesto of the Turku School" (2000), advocating immersive gaming, as the designer of several experimental LARPs, and as the author of several published roleplaying books. Several of Pohjola's artistic and theoretical articles have been published in journals and magazines in Europe and the United States. Pohjola's first novel, ''Kadonneet kyyneleet'' was published in the summer of 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrskyn Aika
''Myrskyn aika'' ("The Time of the Storm") is a Finnish role-playing game. History In the late 1990s, Mike Pohjola became interested in various theories of the Nordic style of LARPing (Live Action Roleplaying), how it differed from the American style, and how players could better immerse themselves in character roles. He first created ''.laitos'' (''.institute'') in 1997, a dystopian LARP set in an authoritarian future; and ''Paljon melua tyhjästä'' (''Much Ado About Nothing'') in 1998, a retelling of Shakespeare's play using experimental techniques. The latter was what Pohjola would later call his "least successful experiment''. For his next LARP, he turned to Tolkienesque fantasy, creating a world called Valenor for a LARP he titled ''Myrskyn aika'' (''Time of the Storm'').} The LARP was set in a land Pohjola described as "an evil empire", where players would take on the roles of rebels fighting for what they perceived as good. Pohjola used several techniques he had gleane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Wreck Roleplaying Game
''Star Wreck'' is a series of Finnish ''Star Trek'' parody movies started by Samuli Torssonen in 1992. The first movie, simply named ''Star Wreck'', was a simple '' Star Control''-like animation with three ships shooting at each other, but later movies featured 3D CGI, animated characters and, in the latest films, live actors. Often ''Star Wreck'' is used to refer to the latest and most popular film '' Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning''. ''Star Wreck'' relates the adventures of James B. Pirk (named after the ''Star Trek'' character James T. Kirk), Captain of the starship C.P.P. ''Potkustartti'' (English C.P.P. ''Kickstart''). Other characters include Mr. Fukov, Mr. Spook ''(Finnish: Mr. Spökö)'', Mr. Dwarf ''(Wuf)'', Ensign Shitty and Mr. Info (loosely based, respectively, on Star Trek's Pavel Chekov, Mr. Spock, Worf, Scotty, and Data). The characters speak Finnish; subtitles in various languages, including Klingon, are available. In 2015, it was announced that two new films w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tähti
Tähti is a Finnish surname and Estonian feminine given name meaning "star". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Tähti Alver (born 1994), Estonian triple jumper and long jumper Surname * Annikki Tähti (1929–2017), Finnish schlager singer * Filip Almström-Tähti (1991), Swedish football defender * Jouni Tähti (1968), Finnish disabled pool player *Leo-Pekka Tähti Leo-Pekka Tähti (born 22 June 1983 in Pori, Finland) is a Finish Track and field, athlete and Paralympian competing mainly in category T54 sprint events. Career He won the gold medal in the 100m and 200m events at the 2004 Summer Paralympics ... (1983), athlete and Paralympian from Finland See also * Takhti (surname) Estonian feminine given names Feminine given names Finnish-language surnames {{Star-surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of The Tempest
Age or AGE may refer to: Time and its effects * Age, the amount of time someone or something has been alive or has existed ** East Asian age reckoning, an Asian system of marking age starting at 1 * Ageing or aging, the process of becoming older ** Senescence, the gradual deterioration of biological function with age ** Human development (biology) * Periodization, the process of categorizing the past into discrete named blocks of time ** Ages of Man, the stages of human existence on the Earth according to Greek mythology and its subsequent Roman interpretation **Prehistoric age Places * AGE, the IATA airport code for Wangerooge Airfield, in Lower Saxony, Germany People * Åge, a given name * Aage, a given name * Agenore Incrocci, an Italian screenwriter Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * ''Ages'', worlds in the ''Myst'' video game series Music * "Age" (song), a song by Jim and Ingrid Croce Periodicals * ''Age'' (journal), a scientific journal on ageing, now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Action Role-playing Game
A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their characters.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physical frame. Embodiment means that the physical actions of the player are regarded as those of the character. LARP participants may dress in the costume of their character and carry appropriate physical props (e.g., an 18th century militia LARP participant may wear a military uniform and carry a musket). Whereas in a RPG played by a group sitting around a table, players describe the actions of their characters (e.g., "I run to stand beside my friend"); in an equivalent situation in a LARP, a player would physically run to the appropriate point within the game space." The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by real-world enviro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knudepunkt
The Knutepunkt is an annual role-playing game conference held annually in the Nordic countries since 1997. It has been a vital institution in establishing a Nordic role-playing identity, and in establishing the concept of "Nordic larp" as a unique approach. Though the conference started out strictly as a Live action role-playing (''larp'' for short) event, it has since embraced role-playing games in a more general fashion. Today the conference still has an emphasis on larp, but programs devoted to traditional tabletop role-playing as well as newer arrivals such as freeform are common. A live action role-playing avant-garde movement, which pursues radical experimentation and the recognition of role-playing as a form of art, has been connected to the Knutepunkt conferences. The scope of the Knutepunkt conference has expanded rather rapidly over the last few years with participants showing up from numerous non-Scandinavian countries. Since about 2003 Knutepunkt has seen participants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gummerus Kustannus Oy
Gummerus Oy is a Finnish media group that was founded in Jyväskylä in 1872 by Kaarle Jaakko Gummerus. In 1985, it moved its headquarters from Jyväskylä to Helsinki. In 2008, it had an annual turnover of EUR 26,9 million. Annually, it publishes approximately 200 new titles, which are sold in bookstores, department stores and book clubs. Gummerus Oy consists of four divisions: * Gummerus Kustannus Oy * Kielikone Oy * Kirjatori Oy * Gummerus Kiinteistöt Oy In December 2009 Gummerus and Sanoma agreed on an arrangement concerning the merger of WS Bookwell and Gummerus Printing. As a result of the arrangement, Gummerus Oy became a shareholder in the new Bookwell Oy with a 20% holding. In May 2001 Gummerus Publishers acquired an independent, smaller publishing firm by the name of Ajatus Kustannusosakeyhtiö, and ''Ajatus Kirjat'' remains an editorially independent non-fiction entity within the main publishing firm. Jaakko Syrjä served as an editor. Establishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Births
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Living People
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Role-playing Game Designers
Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing as "the changing of one's behaviour to fulfill a social role", in the field of psychology, the term is used more loosely in four senses: * To refer to the playing of roles generally such as in a theatre, or educational setting; * To refer to taking a role of a character or person and acting it out with a partner taking someone else's role, often involving different genres of practice; * To refer to a wide range of games including role-playing video game (RPG), play-by-mail games and more; * To refer specifically to role-playing games. Amusement Many children participate in a form of role-playing known as make believe, wherein they adopt certain roles such as doctor and act out those roles in character. Sometimes make believe adopts an oppos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live-action Role-playing Game Designers
Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video games or similar visual media. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, live action " nvolvesreal people or animals, not models, or images that are drawn, or produced by computer." Overview As the normal process of making visual media involves live-action, the term itself is usually superfluous. However, it makes an important distinction in situations in which one might normally expect animation, such as when the work is adapted from a video game, or from an animated cartoon, such as ''Scooby-Doo'', ''The Flintstones'', '' 101 Dalmatians'' films, or ''The Tick'' television program. The phrase "live-action" also occurs within an animation context to refer to non-animated characters: in a live-action/animated film such as ''Space J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
