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Fifties Norway. A Swedish scientist (Tomas Norström) is dispatched to study the kitchen routines of a farmer (Joachim Calmeyer). Fraternisation is forbidden but, over time, the two men develop a life-changing relationship...
It may sound as boring as watching water boil, but Kitchen Stories is a fable about our need to connect, Norwegian writer/director Bent Hamer tracing how emotions get in the way of research.
Ex-Bethesda dev turned indie says "good things often happen by accident," like that time Skyrim players convinced themselves the RPG's foxes were leading them to treasure
Palworld dev says the studio went dark for months because "the team was getting burnt out from all the social media stuff, I was getting burnt out, our CEO was under attack in Japan"
Metaphor: ReFantazio had to dial back an early battle system inspired by a notoriously brutal 2003 JRPG, because 20 years later, players found it "irrational" and "just not fun"
