Erik Odeldahl

My Game Awards takeaway: Finland is going to rule 2026 AAA.

Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in this thrilling action-adventure RPG. Unleash the extraordinary powers of Dylan Faden as he fights for his humanity and survival… CONTROL Resonant – Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025

Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in CONTROL Resonant, a thrilling action-adventure RPG.

Watch the announcement trailer: youtu.be/WhQm-ExRz60

CONTROL Resonant is out in 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Mac.

#CONTROLResonant

I wonder long it’s gonna take for European countries to stop treating USA as the center of popular culture? Thinking about music, movies and games specifically, and how most stuff defaults to something US-centric.

If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you? When a ‘creepy’ AI startup went viral for its unsettling depiction of a family continuing its relationship with a woman after her death, many called it dystopian. They see it another way — and they’re...

Fuck off, no way.

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I really enjoyed working with you. Good luck and have fun with the new thing!

Every day.

Before We Vanish. Excellent!

US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.

Knowing I will probably never visit the US ever again feels pretty ok actually.
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I mean, you wouldn't hire someone who so consistently produced slipshod work you'd need to spent more time cleaning it up than it took for them to generate it, so why the fuck would you use technology which produces similar results? at least the slipshod human could bring baked goods to the office

Played some good games this year.

The next company that patches an app and actually makes it better is an immediate awards contender.

Whoever is responsible for the UI ”improvements” in the latest IOS should be launched into the sun. Hide the current time by making it transparent? Add an extra click to see all open browser windows? Just… just… why?

iPhone magnifier icon: a yellow sofa in a blank circle. Caption reads DETECT FURNITURE

Worst cantrip ever

The Lost Boys An American Werewolf in London The Howling Slaughterhouse 5 Don’t Look Now Suspiria (the ”remake”)

Today’s bluray drop is heavily influenced by nostalgia, and a fear that at any moment amazon will remove the new Suspiria from the service.

The scene they cut was slightly better. The one where he says ”I guess this is the end of a beautiful friendship, motherfucker.” I heard it tested badly.

Oh, hi

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

It feels super odd.

Watched the four new episodes of Stranger Things. It still works for me, but it’s interesting how much it’s changed since s1.

S1-2: King’s It & Firestarter + kids on bikes
S3: high school comede w monsters
S4-5: King’s The Mist + kids on bikes

Proper Joan of Arc energy here.

Interview: Sektori's sole dev on Housemarque past, tuning Unity to 60fps From Pascal to N-Gage, and from Resogun to solo success.

Today on Digital Foundry, interviewing Kimmo Lahtinen on the brilliant Sektori, his storied history at Housemarque and the move to indie development: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/int...

YouTube video by PlayStation Japan 『THE AXIS UNSEEN』 – 発売日トレーラー｜PS5® ゲーム

My indie game The Axis Unseen is out on the PS5 TODAY!

Check it out!
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My insistent view on "systems" and "narrative" is that the two things are the same thing at different scales, in the same way that sufficiently fast rhythm becomes pitch.

Well, that would be the consequence. Total agreement here.

In any sane world, people would just stop watching football now.

lol Fifa

A bridge too far Infinity pool The Conjuring 999 Scanners 3

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

One sequel that runs on fumes and one that runs on LSD. One fluids-heavy movie with astonishingly designed titles, and one war movie that was much, much better than I had assumed.

Penguin Classics cover of It by Stephen King. cover image is Michael Palin with long unkempt hair and beard as the "it's" man from the opening of many Flying Circus episodes

Yes! I should too.