In 2012 Ubisoft Milan faced the greatest challenge we could imagine. We worked on a game that was so far from our radio waves and to what we were used to, that we didn’t know how to deal with it, initially…
Read MoreStreet Photography: #6 Conca dell'Incoronata in Milan
The Conca dell'Incoronata, or Conca delle Gabelle, is an ancient navigation basin located in Milan which was used to easily overcome the difference in height between the Naviglio della Martesana and the Cerchia dei Navigli…
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If you have been as young and passionate about video games as I have been, and if you have spent part of your youth daydreaming about being able to work on your video game, then you are able to understand the rest of this story…
Read MoreStreet Photography: #5 Lockdown outlaws
This damn lockdown gets on my nerves…
Read MoreChernobyl drama: #8 The palace of culture Energetik
The palace of culture Energetik, which is a play on words since it means both "energetic (lively) and working power plant, was a multipurpose center which included a theater, cinema, library, swimming pool, boxing ring, halls rooms, meeting rooms, a polygon in the basement and a gym…
Read MoreChernobyl drama: #7 The Kindergarten
I have seen many photos about Chernobyl, Pripyat and the exclusion zone in general…
Read MoreAttack on Titans
I've always considered Reggie a true giant. Not only for his size, but also for his “Taking Notes and Kicking” ass attitude…
Read MoreChernobyl drama: #6 The lonely school desk
Before the nuclear accident occurred on Saturday the 26 April 1986 , there were 5 schools that provided education for young middle and high school students…
Read MoreDon't bother the sleeping Smasher
It is always better not to disturb a smasher who is minding his own business. This is true in the game, when two or three are found next to each other, let's look again if there are fifty of them all together. In that case it would not be very smart to shoot in the pile, much less to shoot with an area weapon and above all one with the spread of fire. In this video we were testing the behaviour of the Smasher on editor, an enemy unit in the Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle game that if hit during the players' turn, moves towards them and hits them, even outside of their turn. Poor Rabbid Luigi ... I recommend watching until the end!
Chernobyl drama: #5 Bermuda Triangle
This place struck me for this simplicity in such a context, but there’s also a simple story behind, and a much happier one, which contributed to raise the contrast between this tv and the devastation all around…
Read MoreCharles Martinet: The gentle giant
The first time I’ve met Charles Martinet it was in Italy, Milan. I already knew him, of course, as I've been following every Nintendo story for as long as I can remember, but I had never had the chance to meet Charles live…
Read MoreNendoroid - Series: Amaterasu DX Ver.
For those who are not aware of these beauties yet, the Nendoroid series is a series of brand of action figures created by the Good Smile Company, around 2006…
Read MoreStreet Photograhy: #4 Rahiblovi the traveler
This morning I got up very early, took the car and immediately went to Sempione’s park. I wanted to take a long walk and then go from Paolo Sarpi street, which always give great photographic satisfaction, to Piazza Moscova…
Read MoreReally Right Food: #2 La Ravioleria Sarpi - Milan
if you are in Italy and you go through Milan, and you feel hungry for some Asian food, my advice is to go to Paolo Sarpi street. It is known as the center of the Chinese community of the city, it’s in the 8th district of Milan and is an important avenue for trade in general…
Read MoreChernobyl drama: #4 Pripyat Ghost city
This is the tallest building I could find in the city of Pripyat. I am not a great lover of heights, especially when comes down to buildings. I don’t have the same feeling with mountains as mountains, doesn’t have the habits to crumble into pieces if left abandoned, they don’t mind at all. Building don’t follow the same philosophy. Two months earlier, one of these giants collapsed, so being on top of this dinosaur was not relaxing stay, but the view of the ghost town of Pripyat, and the nuclear power plant in the background was magnetic. Pripyat was built in 1970 and was abandoned in 1986, forever. A city that was equipped with all the comforts a city could boast off. It was so beautiful that it was called the city of flowers. There were hotels, restaurants, bars, two hospitals, a theatre, a cinema, and a multipurpose center. At the time when people had to leave, Pripyat extended for 8 Km2 and had 49,000 inhabitants with an average age of 29 (a very young population). I took this photo because it shows the progress of nature regaining its own spaces, with this red sky and the nuclear plant at the center of the sunset, almost as if it was the eye of an evil god which scan the horizon.
Video game diaries: #3 Rabbid Kong
Rabbid kong was a key character for the Mario + Rabbids team. Our game was based on parody, and the use and misuse of iconic elements…
Read MoreChernobyl drama: #3 Data collection center - meeting room
The Duga radar was accompanied, for most of its length, by a structure that extended along a long and straight corridor, which without the presence of artificial lighting remains very dark…
Read MoreChernobyl drama: #2 Duga radar
The woodpecker, the nickname given to the Duga, a shortwave band military radar, which could be received all over the world (76-89). The Duga was born with the intention of creating a radar system that would be able to detect a possible missile attack by the United States. Obviously today, with radar technology but above all satellite technology, such a system would be totally useless.Being under the Duga makes you feel very small.. I wanted to photograph it because the Duga is now being dismantled, and it will no longer be possible to see it. It is a beast 150 meters high, 90 meters wide and 900 meters long.
The radio signal was a source of many speculations, such as theories about weather and mind control from the Soviets.
To the infinite and beyond
Until recently I would never have believed I would feel the desire to write things in a blog, much less willing to commit myself to do it assiduously. But then I discovered that not only is it fun, it's also a great stress reliever, great for balancing increasingly busy workdays…
Read MoreChernobyl drama: #1-Vehicles storage
It has been a long time since I wanted to dedicate space to the project on Chernobyl and Pripyat…
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