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He lives in Finland. by Juho Kuorikoski. Author Juho Kuorikoski. Angry Birds and Clash of Clans are dominating sales around the world and the small Nordic nation has grown into a gaming s… Mehr…

He lives in Finland. by Juho Kuorikoski. Author Juho Kuorikoski. Angry Birds and Clash of Clans are dominating sales around the world and the small Nordic nation has grown into a gaming superpower. and Tsapp! The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Finnish Video Games by Juho Kuorikoski In the past three decades Finland's video game industry has become the backbone of Finnish cultural export. Angry Birds and Clash of Clans are dominating sales around the world and the small Nordic nation has grown into a gaming superpower. Drawing on more than 60 interviews, this book covers the Finnish video game phenomenon as told by the people behind its success. FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description In the past three decades Finland's video game industry has become the backbone of Finnish cultural export. Angry Birds and Clash of Clans are dominating sales around the world and the small Nordic nation has grown into a gaming superpower. Drawing on more than 60 interviews, this book covers the Finnish video game phenomenon as told by the people behind its success. The history of the industry is documented in detail for the first time. Two hundred game reviews are included, presenting the best (and worst) of commercial video games made in Finland. Author Biography Juho Kuorikoski is a Finnish journalist and a contributor at Pelit magazine, the biggest video game magazine in Scandinavia. Kuorikoski is writing his dissertation on narrative of video games at the University of Vaasa. He lives in Finland. He was awarded the Power Player of the Year 2014 award at the Finnish Game Awards for the original Finnish version of Finnish Video Games.  Table of Contents Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 3 Primordial Ooze and Commodore 64, 1979-1989 7 The Original Gangsters 11 The Man Behind Uuno Turhapuro 13 Entertainment from Across the Pond 16 The Birth of Game Journalism 17 The Games 21 Raharuhtinas (1984) 21 * Tsapp! and Tsapp! 16 (1984) 23 * 10...Knock Out (1985) 24 * Joe the Whizz Kid (1985) 26 * Space Satellite (1985) 26 * Yleisurheilu (1985) 28 * Miner Machine (1986) 28 * Painterboy (1986) 28 * Sanxion (1986) 30 * Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle (1986) 31 * Delta (1987) 32 * Octapolis (1987) 33 * Quedex (1987) 33 * Sceptre of Baghdad (1987) 34 * Netherworld (1988) 35 * Zamzara (1988) 35 Born in the Basement, 1990-1999 37 The Demo Scene Brings Players Together 39 The Great Old Ones Are Born 43 The Angry Bird of Its Time 48 The New Face of Finnish Games Journalism 50 The Games 54 Slicks''n Slide (1990) 54 * Moonfall (1991) 55 * Turboraketti (1992) 57 * UnReal World (1992 [2013]) 57 * Stardust (1993) 58 * Elfmania (1994) 59 * Super Stardust (1994) 61 * Alien Incident (1996) 62 * Damage: The Sadistic Butchering of Humanity (1996) 64 * Death Rally (1996) 65 * Rally-Sport (1996) 67 * Ski Jump International 2 (1996) 67 * Triplane Turmoil (1996) 68 * Legal Crime (1997) 68 * The Reap (1997) 69 * Maagi (1998) 69 * The Blobjob (1998) 70 * BoaBite 3D (1999) 71 * Drop Mania (1999) 72 * Supreme Snowboarding (1999) 72 * Thrust, Twist''n Turn (1999) 74 WAP, Max and Conquering the Globe, 2000-2004 76 Max the Action Man 79 Drifting Around Corners 80 The Domestic Console Development Kicks into Gear 83 Game Journalism Expands Its Horizons 85 The ­Blue-and-White Game Console 86 The Lynx Lurking in the Communicator 90 The Mobile Studios Strike Back 91 Technology Does Not a Mobile Game Make 94 The Grand Opening of an Online Hotel 96 Straighten the Ranks 99 The Games 100 Puzzle Station (2000) 100 * Ski Jump International 3 (2000) 100 * Deluxe Ski Jump (2001) 101 * Max Payne (2001) 101 * Rally Trophy (2001) 103 * Rampage Puzzle Attack (2001) 105 * Bones: The First Adventure (2002) 105 * Porrasturvat--Stair Dismount (2002) 106 * Racing Fever (2002) 106 * Transworld Snowboarding (2002) 106 * Crimsonland (2003) 108 * Flo Boarding (2003) 108 * Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) 109 * Space Station Manager (2003) 110 * Tough Trucks: Modified Monsters (2003) 111 * Zoy''s Rescue Mission and Zoy''s Rescue Mission 2 (2003) 112 * Deluxe Ski Jump 3 (2004) 113 * FlatOut (2004) 113 * Johnny Crash (2004) 115 * Jumbo Rumble (2004) 115 * Mafia Wars (2004) 116 * Mole Wars (2004) 116 * Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Glacier and Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Jungle (2004) 117 * Racing Fever 2 (2004) 117 * Santa''s Rush Hour (2004) 118 * Street Soccer (2004) 118 * Sumea Ski Jump (2004) 119 * Sumo Smash! (2004) 119 * Turbo Camels (2004) 119 * Turbo Sliders (2004) 121 Industrial Revolution, 2005-2007 122 A Frozen Byte Vaporized 124 Stardust Takes Over the World 125 Recoil versus Remedy 126 Life in a Hotel 128 2007: An Economic Growth Odyssey 128 Mobile Games Are Off to See the World 129 The Curse of the License 130 Optimization Is Business 132 Education of the Third Degree 133 The Games 136 Get Rich or Die Tryin'' (2005) 136 * Glimmerati (2005) 137 * High Seize (2005) 138 * Metal Smash Pinball (2005) 138 * Pathway to Glory and Pathway to Glory: Ikusa Islands (2005) 139 * Shadowgrounds (2005) 140 * ShortHike (2005) 141 * Super Drop Mania (2005) 142 * Tower Bloxx (2005) 142 * Bounce Out (2006) 143 * Bowling Evolution (2006) 143 * Cyber Blood (2006) 143 * Darkest Fear (2006) 144 * Desert Sniper/U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper/Marine Sniper (2006) 145 * FlatOut 2 (2006) 146 * Paid to Kill (2006) 147 * Pile Up! (2006) 148 * Playman Beach Volley 3D (2006) 148 * Playman World Soccer (2006) 149 * SiL--The Silhouette Game (2006) 149 * Triplane Turmoil 2 (2006) 150 * Turbo Camels Circus Extreme (2006) 150 * War Diary: Burma, War Diary: Crusader and War Diary: Torpedo (2006) 151 * Wolfmoon (2006) 152 * Burnout (2007) 152 * Darkest Fear 2: Grim Oak and Darkest Fear 3: Nightmare (2007) 153 * FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage (2007) 153 * Magic Inlay (2007) 154 * Patron Angel (2007) 155 * Puzzle Scape (2007) 155 * Sega Rally Revo (2007) 156 * Shadowgrounds Survivor (2007) 158 * Sparkle (2007) 158 * Star Marine (2007) 159 * Super Stardust HD (2007) 159 * Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command (2007) 160 The Apple, 2008-2011 163 Bird Flu Spreading 166 Down Comes the Axe 172 From Gaming Phones to Services 173 Touch Me, Alan 175 The Rumbling Digital Distribution Wonder 176 Recoil Hits the Downturn 178 The Games 181 Bounce Boing Voyage (2008) 181 * De Blob (2008) 181 * Formula GP Racing (2008) 182 * Golf: Tee It Up! (2008) 183 * Monster Trucks Nitro (2008) 184 * Playman Summer Games 3 (2008) 184 * Reset Generation (2008) 185 * Smash Kart Racing (2008) 185 * South Park Imaginationland (2008) 187 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008) 187 * Super Stardust Portable (2008) 188 * The Tales of Bingwood--Chapter I: To Save a Princess (2008) 189 * Talvisota: Icy Hell (2008) 190 * Tiki Towers (2008) 192 * Totomi (2008) 193 * Trials 2 and Trials 2: Second Edition (2008) 193 * Wacky Races: Crash and Dash (2008) 195 * Air Conflicts: Aces of World War II (2009) 196 * Angry Birds (2009) 196 * Azkend (2009) 198 * Bounce Tales (2009) 198 * Collapse! (2009) 199 * Crayon Physics Deluxe (2009) 199 * DrawRace (2009) 201 * East India Company (2009) 202 * Monster Trucks: Nitro II (2009) 202 * Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies (2009) 203 * Shattered Horizon (2009) 204 * Super Collapse (2009) 205 * Treasure Grab (2009) 205 * Trine (2009) 206 * Trials HD (2009) 208 * Zen Bound (2009) 209 * Alan Wake (2010) 209 * Beat City (2010) 211 * Commander: Conquest of the Americas (2010) 213 * Dead Nation (2010) 214 * Floorball League (2010) 215 * Kung-Fu Live (2010) 216 * Lead the Meerkats (2010) 216 * Lucid (2010) 217 * Marble Mixer (2010) 218 * Vancouver 2010 (2010) 218 * Zen Bound 2 (2010) 219 * 1000 Heroz (2011) 219 * Bad Air Day (2011) 2, Mcfarland & Co INC International Concepts<

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