Ulrik

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New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

I still think about the conversation I had with an uber driver Him: so what do you do Me: I’m a video game writer Him: wait, video games? They have writing? What do you write? Me: you know when you open up a game and you see the words? Him: yeah? Me: those

Live on console let's goooooo

Breaking. The permit to dump mining waste into the Førde fjord is illegal! 🐟 In an unprecedented, absolutely historic and strong ruling by Norways Supreme Court tonight the Nordic Mining company and the Norwegian Government lost. Environmental NGOs Naturvernforbundet and Natur and Ungdom won.🧵 1/

After putting in 700h into Bannerlord I am VERY excited about @chroniclesmedieval.bsky.social

man, Mixtape was.. so good

Huh, now I've seen it all. Gave Road To Vostok a go today since it just entered early access and.. What other game will allow you to loot and use snus, of all things, quickly followed by a very angry man yelling "perkele!" right outside where you're hiding?

I really hope this turns out to be incorrect, because I see first-hand how invaluable good localization is, but I'm not holding my breath..

I genuinely thought these screenshots were a joke at first, but after watching the Digital Foundry video I'm.. kinda stunned? It makes cool, pretty, artistic games look like the AI scam slop ads I get served on youtube.

@duneawakening.com @megacrit.com 👀

cya next year

Mentally preparing myself for social media to collectively drown me in Silksong hype for the next three months

God, I hope #Battlefield6 is good. Looks somewhat promising so far? 👀

Hello. About a year and a half ago, some guy called Ralph asked me if I wanted to make a new videogame website. We're launching it today. Maybe you can even visit it if people stop hammering the server for a second.

This is crazy wtf

the Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs i made in 2017. @bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net

Dune: Awakening story trailer is out, aaaaaaaa!! Go watch it, its so good!

Aaand thats STALKER2 completed ! Honestly what a rad, and slightly uncomfortable game. Good job GSC 👏

Aaaand that's #Avowed finished! Honestly just a thoroughly and genuinely fun game all the way through! Might be a bit early to call this, but very likely going to be among the best games I play this year Big creds, @obsidian.net .. now maybe I should finally give Pillars of Eternity a go

Forge your legend and build your Dune. #DuneAwakening Dune: Awakening launches on PC May 20, 2025. Play the full Character Creator and Benchmark Mode now on Steam: bit.ly/DuneAwakenin... 📺 youtu.be/gl6Wi20fSp0

It's happening 👀

Goodbye sleep

I was considering doing a civ VII thread of my own, but this summarizes a lot of my feelings. Kinda bummed. Hopefully it grows on me the same way civ VI managed to, and I'll have another civ game to put 1000+ hrs into.

How am I supposed to get any work done when I got this taunting me? #CivVII

Make boxes for writers.

Is Funcom's new survival MMO Dune: Awakening any good? It's better than that - it's interesting. As I found out.

Any image of despair can become a narrative design post if you try hard enough.

anyway

I keep seeing bad Switch 2 puns all over my timeline, and I'm all for it.

Paul Atreides in a trance, simultaneously savoring the genetic memory of every single Dorito eaten by humanity’s ancestors

Me: Narrative design and game writing are related but separate disciplines. You could compare it to architect and builder, both essential but serving separate functions. There are of course overlapping gray areas we can delve into Demon I trapped in a pentagram: Please free me. Send me back to hell

Finally started playing Balatro a few days ago, and it's scarily addictive. Why did nobody warn me?? I'm never gonna be productive again:(

Aaaand Arcane season 2 finished. Sobbed my way through the last three episodes.

Finally got around to Frostpunk2❄️ Feels like there's been a shift from city *building* to city *management*. That tradeoff is massively worth it though, with the increased scale, complexity, politics, and research. And every choice you make still make you feel like shit, so there's that 🥲

"If you see this post your favorite Pokemon" Have you heard of our lord and savior Ho-Oh?

#Arcane act 2 has me sobbing and I'm not okay.

Arcane season 2 was a much needed distraction from everything else this week, thank fuck

Really, America?