Anders Adlén

Cover-art of The Drifter, with a panicked main character holding a shovel in a rainy graveyard, while pursuers close in on him

I loved The Drifter! Beautiful visuals, lovely voice acting, fun cast of characters, nice story with well-paced unraveling mystery.

I really enjoyed the puzzles being on the more grounded and "realistic" side (even if the story GOES PLACES!)

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For the last month I have done very little but think about, talk about, and play Blue Prince. It's sort of like a cross between Slay the Spire and Outer Wilds — you progress by gaining knowledge — but it's also much more than that.

It is one of the most incredible games I have played in my life.

Haha I had the same realization 😄

Congrats Darko! He’s lovely! ❤️

Grattis! 🎉 🥂

Jag är barnsligt förtjust i Helldivers-systemet, det verkar finnas så mycket potential i hur man kan använda det!

1. Mr Sun's Hatbox, 2. Dredge, 3. Cocoon, 4. Chants of Sennaar, 5. Spider-Man 2

1. Mr Sun's Hatbox
This game fucking rocks. Tiny bite-sized stealth rogue-lite combined with a base of operations management game, with a ridiculous story setup. All the systems in place to keep getting fun results, and also more importantly gets out of the way to just let you play it. Love it!

2. Dredge
Solid little adventure game with a neat combined inventory/upgrade system, a gotta catch'em all feel, wrapped in cozy horror. For some reason I also really dug how it leaned on first-party achievements for the 100% completion structure, felt nice and clean to me.

3. Cocoon
Highly polished puzzler, very impressed by the way it compartmentalizes each puzzle to not risk breaking or be overwhelmingly complex, while still allowing enough space to let the player stretch their brain-legs.

4. Chants of Sennaar
I really enjoy a nice deduction game. Not as tight as previous years' Obra Dinn or maybe Golden Idol, and could have skipped the stealth sections, but Chants still had some clever takes on the subgenre.

Five great games from 2023:

5. Spider-Man 2
Just more of the same good stuff, sometimes you just want a chill game to swing around a big city and punch people in intricate ways.

Nice! They’re a great gang, and lucky to have you back!

It’s been incredible getting to join these amazing teams to help tackle the Battlefields, Battlefronts and Mirror’s Edge during the past decade, and I’m ever grateful for the memories and the wonderful people there!

After 13 years I’m stepping out of the DICE offices for the final time and head off for some new challenges. (more on that later)

Becoming untraceable, off the grid! Congrats on the stealth++ dude

Cocoon is a neat little game, full of good properly compartmentalized puzzles that evolves in complexity at just the right pace.

Also full of small mind blowing moments, e.g. when I ended up inside the green orb, while still holding the green orb 🤯