Mikko "Mike" Pohjola (born 15 October 1978[1]) is a Finnish playwright, novelist, and game designer.[2] He is the author of Sinä vuonna 1928, 1827, Maailman hauskin, Myrskyn aika, Star Wreck Roleplaying Game, Tähti, Kadonneet kyyneleet, Ihmisen poika, and Age of the Tempest. He is also the narrative designer and main writer of the Agemonia board game. [3]
He is currently serving as the chairman of the board of the Helsinki City Theatre, having formerly acted in the board of the Olympic Stadium and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 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,[4] 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. He has often written about character immersion, rituals, theatre, and identity.
Pohjola's first novel, Kadonneet kyyneleet was published in the summer of 2008.[5] Since then he has written several historical novels and some books for younger readers. [6]
^(in Finnish) Mike Pohjola's brief CV
^(in Finnish) Publisher's page on Pohjola[permanent dead link]
^(in English) A chat with narrative designer Mike Pohjola
^(in Finnish) Interview on Mike Pohjola Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
^(in Finnish)Kadonneet kyyneleet by Mike Pohjola Archived 2009-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Gummerus Publishing
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Bells 2003 With Pekka Pohjola 1977 – The Mathematician's Air Display Oldfield, Mike (2007). Changeling, the autobiography of Mike Oldfield. Virgin Books...
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Hillage – Fish Rising 1975: Slapp Happy – Desperate Straights 1977: Pekka Pohjola – Mathematician's Air Display 1979: Mick Taylor – Mick Taylor 1980: Sally...
Payton Jeremy Pelt Marvin Peterson Herb Phillips Ward Pinkett Verneri Pohjola Herb Pomeroy Valery Ponomarev Hayden Powell Louis Prima Marcus Printup...
track also samples "Sower of Seeds" by Baraka, "Sekoilu Seestyy" by Pekka Pohjola, "Releasing Hypnotical Gases" by Organized Konfusion, "Dolmen Music" by...
patrols on summer weekend nights". Seattle Times. Retrieved June 13, 2011. Pohjola, Jeff (June 7, 2011). "Seattle police increasing presence at popular night...
Amanda Perez Anthony Phillips Sam Phillips Billie Piper Placebo Pekka Pohjola Porcelain Black Tristan Prettyman Pretty Poison The Professionals Professor...
sampled include Heikki Sarmanto, Teuvo Suojärvi, Mike Koskinen, Carita Holmström and Pekka Pohjola. Pohjola's sample, used on the track "Valo", was also used...
2013) Wolfgang Muthspiel, Live at the Jazz Standard (Material, 2010) Mika Pohjola, Myths & Beliefs (GM, 1996) Bruno Raberg, Chrysalis (OrbisMusic, 2004)...
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