Arne Olaf Fernlund was born in 1963, and grew up in Asmundtorp, a town near the city of Landskrona, in the southern part of Sweden. Arne had an interest in artistic expression, such as drawing and …

Arne Olaf Fernlund was born in 1963, and grew up in Asmundtorp, a town near the city of Landskrona, in the southern part of Sweden. Arne had an interest in artistic expression, such as drawing and …

Content warning: Description of a game with erotic content, including BDSM. When they were visiting the Pride celebration in the city of Malmö in 2015, game designer Bobbi A Sand noticed a person w…

Content warning: Description of a game with erotic content, including BDSM. When they were visiting the Pride celebration in the city of Malmö in 2015, game designer Bobbi A Sand noticed a person w…

Mats Jonsson grew up during the 1970s and 80s in the northern part of Sweden, in the municipality of Kramfors. He began drawing comics at an early age, creating several fanzines during the 80s. Aft…

Mats Jonsson grew up during the 1970s and 80s in the northern part of Sweden, in the municipality of Kramfors. He began drawing comics at an early age, creating several fanzines during the 80s. Aft…

Today is the four-year anniversary of The Swedish Games, and as usual, I want to celebrate it by writing something about my favorite Swedish game, the game that inspired me to start this blog in th…

The cartoon bear Bamse, created in 1966 by Rune Andréasson, is one of Sweden’s most beloved children’s comics characters. While the character is most famous as the star of his own comic book, which…

The cartoon bear Bamse, created in 1966 by Rune Andréasson, is one of Sweden’s most beloved children’s comics characters. While the character is most famous as the star of his own comic book, which…

A few years ago, I wrote a blog post about the 1990 Macintosh game Dubbelmoral! (“Double standard!”), which was the official game of the venerable Lund Carnival that year (and I later made a post o…

A few years ago, I wrote a blog post about the 1990 Macintosh game Dubbelmoral! (“Double standard!”), which was the official game of the venerable Lund Carnival that year (and I later made a post o…

Sweden has many notable universities, and several cities that can be considered “university cities”, but I believe that there is no city more associated with higher learning in Sweden than Lund, lo…

I have previously written about the game The Talkshow, in which you play as the host of a TV tabloid talk show, with the goal of revealing various shameful secrets and other dirty laundry about you…

I have previously written about the game The Talkshow, in which you play as the host of a TV tabloid talk show, with the goal of revealing various shameful secrets and other dirty laundry about you…

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Karl Hubert Hörnell has periodically been a fairly productive solo video game developer. He began his career as a teenager in the 1980s, programming for the Commodore 64, and according to the book …

Karl Hubert Hörnell has periodically been a fairly productive solo video game developer. He began his career as a teenager in the 1980s, programming for the Commodore 64, and according to the book …

On the night of February 28, 1986, the Prime Minister of Sweden Olof Palme was shot to death in central Stockholm, when he was walking home from a movie with his wife, Lisbeth. The news shocked Swe…

On the night of February 28, 1986, the Prime Minister of Sweden Olof Palme was shot to death in central Stockholm, when he was walking home from a movie with his wife, Lisbeth. The news shocked Swe…

There had been a few attempts at publishing Japanese manga and anime in Sweden during the 1980s and 90s, with various degrees of success, but the publication of a Swedish translation of Dragon Ball…

There had been a few attempts at publishing Japanese manga and anime in Sweden during the 1980s and 90s, with various degrees of success, but the publication of a Swedish translation of Dragon Ball…

Unofficial English translation of the Norwegian MS-DOS game Møt meg i Malaga from the late 1980s.The original game is available...

Hans Emil Villius (1923-2012) was an extremely famous and beloved Swedish historian. He wrote dissertations and books about many historical events, but became known to a wider audience between the …

Hans Emil Villius (1923-2012) was an extremely famous and beloved Swedish historian. He wrote dissertations and books about many historical events, but became known to a wider audience between the …

Istället för frihet och gemenskap fick vi AI och hatalgoritmer. Kyle Drake vill rädda internet med hjälp av Neocities.

The game Journalist, released in 2000 on CD-ROM for PC and Mac, is set in the fictional Swedish town Midköping. The player character (you can choose their gender and name at the beginning of the ga…

Growing up in Sweden during the 1980s and 90s, my memories of arcade games are usually seeing one or two cabinets in cafés, bowling alleys, movie theatres and similar establishments. Dedicated arca…

Growing up in Sweden during the 1980s and 90s, my memories of arcade games are usually seeing one or two cabinets in cafés, bowling alleys, movie theatres and similar establishments. Dedicated arca…

Today is the three-year anniversary of The Swedish Games, and just like the previous anniversaries, I wanted to do something involving the game Kosmopolska, since that was the game that originally …