Elias Poutanen (also known by his alias ''Olmoor'') is a former host/computer-game critic. He has worked for the magazine ''

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'' and for a number of related television programmes. Though officially a Finnish citizen, he was born in

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. He started out as the replacement for

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who previously hosted the programme called ''Play'' on

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. The name of the show was changed to ''Player'' during this transition. He became noted by some fans as the channel's ''cute nerd''. He remained the official host for all console-gaming involved shows until MoonTV's cancellation in the early summer of 2003. After MoonTV's demise, Poutanen appeared only abruptly on television. Though he resurfaced as a critic on the show ''Play'' on

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, hosted by former MoonTV personnel,

and

Miika Huttunen Miika Huttunen (also known as ''druidi Huttunen'') is the editor-in-chief of the Finnish gaming magazine ''Pelaaja''. Prior to this he was a host of certain game-related television programmes primarily on the now defunct MoonTV cable channel. He b ...

. Towards the end of the show's run in 2005, Poutanen ended up replacing the show's female hosts who became either sick or unavailable for other reasons. Throughout its second season, Play's ratings were not promising and as the show's cancellation became evident, Poutanen was made its permanent host for the remaining last episodes. On the final episode, he interviewed ''

Jarno Sarkula Jarno Sarkula (4 August 1973 – 12 July 2020) was a Finnish musician and one-time TV-personality. Sarkula was born in Vantaa. As a musician, he first became known with the band Höyry-kone ("Steam-Engine"). Sarkula wrote music for the band ...

'', another former MoonTV host and game-critic.

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