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Dinner and cocktails
Last Thursday I took a train to Helsinki to visit the Kyöpelit gala, which is organised by Pelit magazine, the most notable games magazine in Finland. They have a big vote for the best games of the year and Finnish game industry association FIGMA presents the awards for the best selling games. I was lucky enough to get an invite through a competition in the magazine.
It was interesting, though I'm not on my own territory in a fancy event like that. I don't mind wearing a suit and a tie - I quite like it, actually - but mingling with strangers is another thing. I didn't have many insightful conversations with interesting industry people - I had few words with the first Finnish academic, whose doctoral thesis was about games and the editor in chief of Pelit. About board games, naturally.
It was an interesting event, nonetheless. The awards were dead boring - Halo 2, Half-Life 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, EA Games collecting tons of gold and platinum, all very predictable. Still, it was good fun and while I won't be at all sad if I don't get an invite next year, it was something I didn't have to regret.
4.02.2005 klo 23:18
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Into the Mirror (Geoul sokeuro)
This South-Korean movie promised terrible horrors, but failed to deliver fear. However, even though the fear factor stayed pretty low throughout the movie, Into the Mirror was an exciting film with an interestin plot. We felt it needed some condensing and I think the main actor could've been better, but the movie did have a rather amazing ending which I enjoyed a lot. Final verdict: good, but not outstanding.
31.01.2005 klo 08:59
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