''Skrolli'' is a Finnish

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. It was founded in September 2012 and a sample issue was released shortly afterwards. The magazine has been issued quarterly since March 2013. In December 2015 a

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campaign for an international

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edition was launched; this ''Skrolli International Edition'' shipped in April 2016. While most famous in its native Finland, Skrolli has received international attention. For example in 2018,

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alumni, game designer David Fox used a Skrolli magazine article about ''

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gave two presentations on Skrolli's stage at the Assembly demoparty. In 2014–2015 the Finnish language Skrolli featured Mikrokivikausi comic strips by Harri "Wallu" Vaalio. The virtual cover disk of the first Skrolli International Edition included a playable demo of the game Illuminatus, which originated as a popular

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by MikroBitti magazine.

Concept

The magazine's origins lie in an

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image depicting how the cover of a 1980s computer magazine might look if it dealt with contemporary topics in computing. The editorial staff of the magazine consists of around ten active members of the Skrolli community. The topics covered by Skrolli are mainly those that the commercial tech media tends to overlook. The magazine claims to emphasize a

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attitude, a deep expertise in the issues covered, and "slow journalism", which aims to produce articles that remain relevant for extended time periods. The editorial staff say that they want to offer a magazine which readers want to own as a physical product and save for years. Despite this, the issues (except the latest ones) can be freely downloaded in PDF format from the magazine's website.

Skrolli International Edition

''Skrolli International Edition'' is an

printed computer culture magazine which has been issued since April 2016. It is a sister magazine of the Finnish

Skrolli that has been running since 2013. The first Skrolli International Edition issue was crowdfunded in an

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campaign in early 2016.

References

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