Recent content by Paul Baldowski

The name is complicated. There are reasons. I've discussed them on the Effekt and Dungeon Plunged podcasts. There is no simple explanation. But, there is reason.

Yes. Absolutely.

I hope so, too. I've answered a few key questions and I'm happy to answer more. The game remains in development and isn't a fix point. I have 10,000 words so far, but those words are not set in stone. If you haven't backed the project yet, please do. All the support makes a big difference and...

It isn't integral. Beck is late 60s into 70s. Wallander is late 80s and early 90s. Hole is Noughties, as are the Thora Gudmundsdottir and Millennium books. Nordic Noir is really seated in the past and investigation games often benefit from a sense of disconnection, although our connected modern...

Gunvald... we'll see. Violence is certainly not a solution in the game, but a certain attitude might be beneficial.

The key here is a link to Mörk Borg principles of an end game scenario. The burn the book moment. Some — though by no means all — Nordic Noir deals with disaffected youth and cults of personality, where an influential drift makes a change to how people view the world and society. IT's stronger...

By the way, I appreciate the enthusiasm, interest and diversity of feeling here. That's good. Keep it up. Pretend I'm not reading everything 😂

Your best bet for books are the Beck series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö and the Wallander series by Henning Mankell. They present the essence of grim despair; police procedurals bedded in a desolate world littered with personal trauma and family disasters.