Tendencies and the future Category
Cyberdelics: The Trippy Machines
Posted on September 27, 2019 4 Comments
My article on Breaking Convention is out – the largest conference on psychedelic research in Europe, taking place at Greenwich University in London. There was so much going on during the three days, and I could have written ten articles about it. My focus in this one, which was published in this week’s edition of […]
Why games journalism and travel journalism is the same thing
Posted on August 26, 2017 Leave a Comment
I have been working as a games journalist and a travel journalist in 15 years, and to me, it’s the same thing in so many ways. I visit a new and unknown area, I explore the landscapes and I write back about my findings and experiences. If I’m excited about where I have been, readers […]
“CounterStrike is a bit like chess”
Posted on January 29, 2017 3 Comments
The Danish CounterStrike team Astralis just won the world championships (or an equivalent). I spoke to Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz right after the final – on the phone directly from Atlanta. “CounterStrike is a bit like chess”, he said. Amongst other things. You can google translate the article here: Danish team has won the world championships in CounterStrike
The art of dying in virtual reality
Posted on January 20, 2017 Leave a Comment
The most scary thing I have ever tried in virtual reality was a ski jump. Whauw, that felt so real. Virtual reality is an amazing tool for exploring your phobias, but the technology can also be used for many other things. The hyper focus of the VR headsets can be very useful for exploring meditation and altered […]
Reaching the new audience (and why that’s important)
Posted on November 24, 2016 Leave a Comment
On Nvemebr 17th 2016 I did a talk at the Player – Game-seminar at Cinemateket in Copenhagen. The talk was about my work as a gaming journalist, and I managed to squeeze in four (!!!) screenshots from Aztec Challenge (a favourite from he 80s) and three pictures of Nathan Drake (of course) – and several (true) claims that […]
This VR game is a cosmic experience
Posted on August 9, 2016 Leave a Comment
This (below) is what the Land’s End area in San Francisco actually looks like (when you stand on halfway down the stairs, with a iPhone): Yes, I know, it looks like a magical adventure puzzle, like Myst. But Land’s End is also the name of a virtual reality game made by the magnificent studio UsTwo […]
What happens to your brain, your body and your neighbourhood when you play Pokémon Go?
Posted on July 17, 2016 Leave a Comment
What’s going on with Pokémon Go? Why does everyone love it, kids and parents alike? What happpens to your brain while you’re playing? What’s the connection with CIA? Why is it happening now? Should you be worried or thrilled? I have written an article about the phenomenon in Jyllands-Posten – google translate here: Sensationally popular pocket […]
Can we play grief?
Posted on March 31, 2016 Leave a Comment
These are (most of) the slides from my talk at SpilBar #29: Thank You For Playing at Cinemateket on Thursday March 30th – plus some notes and links to the games and articles I mentioned. I wrote a review of That Dragon, Cancer in Jyllands-Posten in February 2016. The game got a lot of attention from […]
The best festival in the world
Posted on July 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
I went to Fusion Festival for the first time in 2007 – and I have been attending every Fusion Festival since then with undiminished enthusiasm. For many years, I didn’t even consider writing an article about the festival. It was too special, too ‘secret’. But as the years went by and the festival just kept […]
Reality is not enough
Posted on August 17, 2014 Leave a Comment
My article about virtual reality gadgets at GamesCom is in Jyllands-Posten Indblik today. In this photo, I am fighing an armoured knight with some evil medieval weapons, shortly before being eaten by a dragon. And this is where I meet the monster in the Virtualizer, wearing Oculus. You can read all about it in the […]