I'm telling you, vikings are the new black. Starting up The Banner Saga for the first time is like stepping straight into the Fimbulwinter. Or maybe not. Fimbulwinter is a precursor to Ragnarok, but in The Banner Saga, the gods are not fighting, the gods are dead. It's a strange game, a mix of strategy,... Continue Reading →
Comfort Zone
Lately there have been a bunch of shifts in the terrain of game development and the gaming culture surrounding it. There have been discussions about women in games. National newspapers in Sweden and abroad are starting to talk about the sometimes toxic culture that women navigate in order to participate in games. This makes me... Continue Reading →
Monument Valley – iOS
To begin with, I wasn't even going to play Monument Valley. Someone compared it to The Room, and I'm not overly fond of that game. However, when a colleague of mine was playing it on her iPhone, I heard the music, and was intrigued. It sounded really nice. There is something deeply restful about Monument... Continue Reading →
Changing the culture – linkspam
Anyone following indie developers or for that matter game developers in general, are probably aware of the Indie Game Jam that crashed. Spectacularly. I just wanted to point out two things in connection to this - in addition to linking to a lot of texts about it. 1. Yes, we still have a problem in... Continue Reading →
I don’t even…
... wow... I'm like... okay? What?! I was just looking around on Steam and lo and behold - the most sexist game yet? As I think I mentioned in my GTAV blog posts and the article me and Maria Myhr wrote for Aftonbladet about GTAV, there's a fine line between satire and well - not... Continue Reading →
Ze Muzik of Ze Night
This isn't a post about games. It's a post about my favourite music. In other words, be warned. Apparently the page was too heavy, so I removed it. Here's a Spotify playlist instead. Some of the songs aren't available on Spotify, so I linked them below. The Knife - From Off to On Moodorama -... Continue Reading →