Vornasblogi

Into the Zone: My Trip to Chernobyl & Pripyat

On the June of 2010 I fulfilled a long time dream and went to visit the exploded Chernobyl power plant and the abandoned city of Pripyat.

Caving in Wales: Ogof Ffynnon Ddu – The Cave of the Black Spring

On June 2010 I went to Wales with Susi, Dare and Taina to try some caving at Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, The Cave of the Black Spring.

Iron Sky in Australia – Working Down Under

“So, we are filming half of Iron Sky in Australia.” “Oh, it’s confirmed then?” “Yeah. A bunch of us are going to Australia in two weeks.” “Will I be going?” “Yes. You’ll be in Australia for two weeks with us.” “Oh. Cool!” …and that is part of why I like my current job as the [...]

In Cannes with the Moon Nazis

In the beginning of the year I mentioned that I got a job as the publicist of the Finnish-German-Australian scifi movie Iron Sky. I was involved in Star Wreck as Fukov/Festerbester and I’ve been interested in taking part in Iron Sky for years. This year was the first time the combination of schedules, finances and [...]

Guest Theremin on Enochian Crescent’s NEF.VI.LIM

Last summer I had a great time at the Tuska metal festival playing theremin on the stage with Enochian Crescent. They liked what they came up with for the song Muistoja Sorkasta and earlier this year they asked me to record it for their new album, NEF.VI.LIM. The album is now out, theremin and all, [...]

Cave Diving – Kaatiala Quarry

Susi and I had barely got our diving gear dry from our trip to Zenobia before it was the time to leave for another dive, this time to check out Kaatiala Quarry and try out some cave diving. The quarry was operational in 1942-1968 and it produced quartz and feldspar, but after it was closed [...]

Holiday in Zenobia

This April Susi, I and a bunch of our pals left for an eagerly awaited and well deserved diving holiday in Cyprus. Our destination was the city of Larnaca, or more exactly the wreck of a 172 meter long ro-ro ferry Zenobia, which is one of the world’s top ten wreck diving locations. Mv Zenobia [...]

Radium Age Apocalyptic Fiction – Getting Rid of Writers’ Block

Part of my new year’s manifesto was to get rid of a long time writers’ block that has been plaguing my fiction writing ambitions. Recently, thanks to my pal Ripa, I ran into a micro fiction contest hosted by Hilobrow.com. The idea was to write 250 word long apocalyptic story set in the radium age, [...]

Games Are Growing Up – Case: Heavy Rain

I’ve been a gamer since 1983 when I got my Commodore 64, and since 2000 I’ve been amongst other things a professional gaming journalist. There is one thing about games that has started to irritate me more and more as the time has passed: although the gamers, the game industry and everybody in between is [...]

Wintery Weekend at the Countryside

This weekend I was facing a tough choice: seize the first and possibly only chance to go enjoy the winter in our cabin in the countryside, or to stay at home to finish up some work, to play some Fallen Earth or Assassins Creed II, and to be social. The cabin has been my fortress [...]