People said the first baby kicks tend to feel "like a butterfly inside the stomach". Nah. It felt like a dualshock controller in Playstation 2 inside my belly 😁 It later became stronger as weeks goes by 😍

LOG winter 2024: As the baby started to grow, so as my belly. And our parent's know-hows and gifts surely came in handy!

After some series of thoughts, I've decided to gradually move on from Meta to alternative social media channels to start sharing my comic. For starters, here are some of my earlier comics about my pregnancy! :D FYI, the kid is now already 2 months old <3

On my way back to Finland after #digra25 It was an amazing experience to meet such an inspiring game scholars <3 For those who might have wondered why that one section of the ladies bathroom at the venue was occupied during coffee breaks, sorry that was me hiding and breast milk pumping haha :D

Thank you everyone who contributed to our "Exploring Global Game Work Migration" workshop #digra #digra25

I got to wear the robe and the hat! Aalto ARTS conferment, 13th June 2025. Photo by me and Aina <3

After 4 years of doctoral study in Finland, I recently realised that the Finnish doctoral hat is BLUE - instead of black, which is typical in other majors. And not just regular blue. But SONIC BLUE! Oh, what an interesting place to have a Doctor of Arts degree as a game researcher :D :D

YES! After nearly 4-months since the short- self- attempted coup, Yoon is finally out. 🎉🎉🎉 #Korea www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

I've published a short article about how Europe is handling lootbox regulations in one of the Korean news. Special thanks to @leonxiaoy.bsky.social :) www.pressian.com/pages/articl...

Finnish police playing games, as for work. "Trust has been built between young people and the police, and some have even dared to report serious criminal matters. Young people have also been helped to move forward with, for example, mental health problems and cyberbullying cases."

What a great honour! Today I received a Dissertation Award 2024 from Aalto University School of Arts, Design, and Architecture, for my doctoral thesis "Understanding Game Work Migration: Game Expats in Finland" 🎉

A good summary of what happened in South Korea on 3rd December 2024. The impeachment trial is been on-going since then, and I really hope the impeachment will be ruled and put an end to this political crisis www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It was my pleasure to talk at Games Now! open lecture at Aalto University about my doctoral research on migrants in the video game industry :) #gameworkmigration #gamework #finland youtu.be/V1OX22EsY5c?...

Workshop coming up! 🔥 It is my pleasure to announce our upcoming workshop, "Exploring Game Work Migration" at DiGRA 2025! Find out more osf.io/m4wgv See you in Malta <3

Paper accepted! ❤ I'm excited to announce that my paper "The Rise of Gamer-Consumers: Anger, Protests, and Divisions in South Korean Gamer Activism" has been accepted to the upcoming DiGRA 2025. See you there! digraconference2025.org (P.S My workshop was also accepted. Details coming soon)

President Yoon said publicly that the recent election was rigged. And that was one of the main reasons he declared martial law on 3.12.24. This sparked two investigations: An impeachment trial by the legislators AND a criminal trial by the investigators --- the latter is just what happened today.

Back in 2021, PMG reported on the unseen games industry crunch taking place at outsourcing studios in SE Asia. Since then, the companies we looked at have continued to work on some of the biggest games in the world, without any push to improve the conditions of the artists doing that work. (1/7)

Defence! Karonkka! Family trip! Sauna! And South Korea's democracy! (Yes, the president was impeached, and we watched it live on our way to Tallinn :D) What a weekend <3 <3

Today is the day. My public defence. Wish me luck www.aalto.fi/en/events/pu...

I once published an article about Korean gamer's "truck protest" phenomenon, where gamers crowdfund and send LED billboard trucks to protest against game companies' faulty live ops. Many have asked, "...how?". I'd say "well...": youtube.com/shorts/Ns8dV... See my article: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

K-Martial Law Drama still continues. youtube.com/shorts/dM6B3...

In Korea, it's quite common to put "K-" in front of everything. K-drama, K-pop, K-games, K-foods, etc, with a mixed feeling of being "proud" at the same time "cynical". Now, as of yesterday, people in Korea introduced a new term: "K-Martial Law". youtu.be/_VCy6VWsU9U?...

Martial law was rejected by the South Korean parliament. Phew! youtu.be/7oxo71DvAhQ?...

WTF www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

My doctoral thesis is now available publicly online in PDF. 10 days until the defence, also means 10 days until you can publicaly say "I object!" to this defence (nooo please don't🙈) aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/df3b0f...

When I see F2P and loot box discourse here in the West & Western academia, it generally covers the issue of gaming and SoMe. Meanwhile, in South Korea, with 20+ years of F2P, now EVERYTHING is in loot boxes. Comics, TVs, music, merchandises, novels, etc.

Let's see how this also applies to South Korea...(Spoiler alert: we're looking into it.)

Again, the player have won in a court case against a massive game corporation in South Korea. In summary: Plaintiff have won in the 2nd trial against Maple Story, in specific to the 'Cube' randomising upgrade system that was deliberately informed wrongly to its players thisisgame.com/webzine/news...

Coming soon.... www.aalto.fi/en/events/pu...

Testing testing.