In a world of serious videogames, the Valheim devs’ new co-op dungeon crawler is a reminder that having fun is okay

There are two things that are certain in this world: death and taxes. But no one looks forward to either: there’s the finality of the former, and the bank account-draining of the latter. Yet, in Begraved, I came to excitedly anticipate both. Developed by Grip Jaw, which is made up of various members of the Valheim team, I was invited to test out the co-op game’s Steam Next Fest demo. Accompanied by co-founder Emilia Oscarsson, community manager Jade Mcintosh, and, per his LinkedIn, ‘World Weaver’ Robin Eyre (who Mcintosh quickly promoted to ‘sexy bear’ during the two hours we spent together), I loaded into the game and was met with puddles of blood and Oscarsson being set on fire. Exactly as it should be.

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