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# Today on Kill Screen: Petri Purho the magician, Might and Magic the review
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/today-on-kill-screen-petri-purho-the-magician-might-and/
- Published: 2011-05-05T18:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:54:11.000Z
- Description: We take a look at Petri Purho, creator of Crayon Physics Deluxe, and his life as a magician: Petri Purho’s career as a magician began early. “I’ve been doing magic as long as I can remember. Instead of toys I would play around with my father’s magic props. I ended up doing my first live performance
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

![](http://www.killscreendaily.com/includes/img/slideshow/petripurho_cropped.jpg)

We take a look at Petri Purho, creator of *Crayon Physics Deluxe*, and [his life as a magician](http://killscreendaily.com/articles/profile-petri-purho?ref=killscreen.com):

> Petri Purho’s career as a magician began early. “I’ve been doing magic as long as I can remember. Instead of toys I would play around with my father’s magic props. I ended up doing my first live performance in front of an audience at the age of one and a half years. It was mostly at my father’s gigs, so he would put me in a sock basket in a supermarket and I did some small tricks. There has not been any time where I haven’t been doing it.”

Then we dig in to *Might & Magic HD:*

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> Strategy games are all about control. There’s no role to play, no character motivation beyond winning. Even if there is a cooperative mode, you usually have a sphere of independent influence-you do your things first, and work with your partner later. In *Clash of Heroes* 2v2, working with your partner isn’t just beneficial; it’s absolutely necessary. Communication is very important.  
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> But my headset was recently the victim of a hungry cat, and my partner (a random Xbox Live user) also has no headset. We’re having a bit of a failure to communicate. We’re in a 2v2 match against a pair named something like “HolyAlliancee” and “UnHolyAlliance.” I have a hunch they’re not running into the same communication problems we are.