Markus Montola

I am a Helsinki-based game scholar and game designer.

Scholar

During the last couple of years, I've worked as a researcher at Nokia Research Center and University of Tampere Gamelab. My main research interests include role-playing and pervasive games.

On role-playing and larp, I have worked on three books: Nordic Larp, Playground Worlds and Beyond Role and Play.

On pervasive games, I've co-authored the book Pervasive Games: Theory and Design.

My doctoral dissertation, On the Edge of the Magic Circle: Understanding Role-Playing and Pervasive Games, discusses the both forms of play, as well as proposes a theoretical framework for studying ephemeral games.

If you are interested in my scholarly work, please see my other publications as well.

Designer

I work as a game designer at the Finnish locative game studio Grey Area. I'm the lead game designer of the mobile MMORPG Shadow Cities, currently working on our next title.

Contact

Cellphone: +358 44 544 2445
Email: lastname@iki.fi
LinkedIn: Markus Montola
Twitter: @mmontola
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