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Roberto Villa

Roberto Villa, known to everyone simply as “Master,” is a Milan-based psychotherapist and the author of the science-fiction novels Le Cronache di Ishtar (2018, Illiterate Move) and Samsara Gambit (2024, Illiterate Move), as well as the narrative role-playing game Saga (2017, Illiterate Move) and its expansion Saga Svelata (2019, Illiterate Move). But titles and publications only tell part of the story…

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This is about my trips, adventures, challenges in landscapes photography, video games, interviews, food, or anything I think it’s worth sharing.

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What's Shenmue
What's Shenmue

Shenmue hit me like a bolt from the blue. It was unbelievable for the time — a game that pushed far beyond the boundaries of anything I was used to…

Californication Bass Cover
Californication Bass Cover

It was a lot of fun learning this piece…

Dark Necessities Bass Cover
Dark Necessities Bass Cover

I'm butchering it, sorry Flea and sorry real bassists out there. At least, pushing it for the last two months made me able to play it. Its far from perfect, there's are indecisions and imprecisions along the way, but still a small milestone for me :D

Bradley The Badger
Bradley The Badger

On December 11th, 2025, we had the incredible fortune of premiering our first trailer at The Game Awards, thanks to Geoff Keighley. From that moment on, a lot changed. The trailer was a great success. I will never stop being amazed at how much a developer’s life can change when players show their support. It’s truly powerful — in every sense.

Maddalena
Maddalena

Have you ever done a photoshoot with models who yawn out of boredom because they’d rather be somewhere else? Well, this was the exact opposite…

Alice
Alice

La Filanda has become my go-to place for photography. Not only does it offer many different spaces to explore—each with its own character and expressive potential—but there’s also a very important factor: the economic impact on the wallets of amateur photographers like me. I do photography purely for fun. I don’t make money from it—if anything, I only spend money…

Roberto Villa
Roberto Villa

Roberto Villa, known to everyone simply as “Master,” is a Milan-based psychotherapist and the author of the science-fiction novels Le Cronache di Ishtar (2018, Illiterate Move) and Samsara Gambit (2024, Illiterate Move), as well as the narrative role-playing game Saga (2017, Illiterate Move) and its expansion Saga Svelata (2019, Illiterate Move). But titles and publications only tell part of the story…

Filanda Pregiata
Filanda Pregiata

Lately, I’ve discovered a very interesting place not too far from where I live: Filanda Pregiata, in Soresina.

The history of Filanda Pregiata is an example of urban and artistic redevelopment. Once an industrial facility—probably dating back to the 19th century and connected to textile production, as the name suggests—it has been transformed into a crossroads of creativity.

The Forgotten Palace of the Gonzagas
The Forgotten Palace of the Gonzagas

In the decades that followed, time and humidity reclaimed the walls. The plaster peeled away, the floors sank, ivy crept through the windows…

The Creature from Cusago
The Creature from Cusago

They say that in the summer of 1792, something unspeakable stirred in the woods around Cusago, a quiet town just beyond Milan. Locals began to whisper of a creature that came out only at night — La Bestia di Cusago, The Beast of Cusago. What followed was not rumor, but record…