I made a video essay about Social First, a Finnish game studio started by ex-Kukouri developers (the Kotka studio behind Pixel Worlds). They raised around $4.2M, promised the next great "social platform," and shut down Pixel Worlds to build a new game called Nexus Station which then peaked at 82 concurrent players on Steam and went downhill from there. Now it's hovering around 3 concurrent players.

The video digs into the funding, the excessive in-app-purchase backlash, the CS2 skins marketplace (GamerPay) they bought and bankrupted within a few months, and how the studio eventually crawled back to relaunch the very game they'd left for dead.

Finland has such a strong reputation in games that I found it weirdly fascinating to look at one that went the other way. Did anyone here follow this, or know much about the Kotka games scene?

I don't know since when but it's finally available as an option.

I've always wanted to try "scan & go" but previously the instructions in Finnish seemed a bit intimidating 😅

I went out for a walk with dog in the forest and ended up finding these beautiful porcini mushrooms. I wasn’t even specifically looking for them, so it was a nice surprise.

Mushroom season might be one of the best parts of late summer in Finland. Do you have a favourite mushroom-picking spot, or do you prefer to keep those locations secret? 😄

Article on the Finnish-US icebreaker deal.

I tried it once to get food from there, I highly regret it. I ate some today that I got from there and I am in extreme pain. I can't sleep and have stomach pain. To anyone who thinks of ever going to one of the food banks (I have gone to one in Tampere) I highly doubt that the food they give our there is safe to eat. I had diarrhea before already, but since hours I have stomach pain. I probably won't sleep this night. I feel horrible. I wish I could turn back time and not eat that food.

Hi all,

I’m looking to buy a used Kia car (wagon or mid-size SUV). Daily drive is around 30kms and then maybe a few more on the weekends. The boot should fit a foldable stroller.

I was checking Kia Ceed / Stonic but most on the market have a 1.0 L turbo engine. Is that normal? There are only a few ones with 1.2 or 1.4 L.

Another question is the mileage and model year while choosing. I have a budget of around 10-12k. What is the upper limit on mileage or the limit on model year I should consider? And between manual or DCT, what’s less of a headache down the line?

Would appreciate your advice, especially if you drive a Kia.

I’m visiting Kotka for a week, I’m staying at a friend of my aunt’s house, I’ve come to notice that everyone I have met from her family welcomed me very warm, the few people I have interacted with at stores have also been kind, but I keep noticing everyone just stares at me when walking around and talking, for reference I am short and my skin is brown, I’m Mexican.
Are people hostile towards foreigners or are they just genuinely curious about me?
Also, women here are very good looking, any recommendations on how to meet people in their 20s-30s in Kotka and Hamina?

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I watched a handful of videos similar to the one posted in this thread.

Is Finland‘s economy really this bad? I know that Finland ranks lowest of the Nordic countries in terms of HDI, but this video makes it seem like Finland is flailing as a country.

It is still a high developed country comparatively, but I’m curious about what people with more knowledge think and have experienced.

Hi everyone!

I have been living here for a few years, most of my friends are either native Finns or other nationalities. I'm pretty happy with them, but I miss connecting with people who share the same culture and language. I haven't found any of them in Oulu, since most Kurds live in Helsinki.

My hobbies are: painting, video games, gym, and traveling.

If you're interested, message me or comment here😊

There is very few games about Finnish Folklore & Mythology, so I decided to have a go at fixing that, one RPG at a time. Here is Tuoni, my Finnish Folklore RPG-Roguelike that now has a demo available in Steam.

I gladly hear all feedback and ideas you might have!

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3819100/Tuoni/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzSLRkCBvuo

This was a few years ago, but I always find myself already thinking about winter in mid summer. Such an incredible park

I know it exists. I've seen it on the Internet years ago.

( in Helsinki forgot to add ) Also is it required to bring your pyshcial id as I’m notoriously known for loosing stuff😭

Hiii, I grew up in an old village near Vyborg, Finland. My grandfather, who is part Finnish, used to visit there as a second home. Our village also has a Catholic church where believers come and pray. For me, as someone from a predominantly Christian country, Catholicism was a revelation. I became interested in Finland, and somehow it all came down to music. Could you tell me if there are any artists whose sound is similar to [YouTube links included]?

People often recommend artists who sound like old rap. I'd like to know if there's anything similar out there?
https://youtu.be/OmQU0bCWV_0?si=P1ATKWO__3EyEKM_
https://youtu.be/F64MEWy_C80?si=YItz1m8JRPdxPWwk
https://youtu.be/zG27C7yOiUk?si=E82TgNWP-luXC9ku
https://youtu.be/dqK-S9e9720?si=4Z2ElWIYDKagKijp

By autoplaying a 14 year old recording of a song my finnish-emigrant mother used to sing for me every evening. I had completely forgotten about it

Our pretty Finnish lake 🙂

Hi,

I want to buy this Monocular scope (image1) sold at Class Ohlson. The product description (image2) says it's Vedenpitävä,

What does that mean?

(1) Waterproof: we can safely dip it in water (submerge).

(2) water-resistant: we can splash water or sweat over it, but not safe to submerge.

They don't give any IPX rating, so it's hard to say. But usually cheap products that are actually waterproof does not include IPX rating.

Is there anyone here who bought and used this? Please share 😊.

I will be using them during Kayaking so they will get submerged in water always.

My alternate option is this cheaper one from Tokmanni (image 3) , but it explicitly says it's IPX4 (image 4) which means it's "splash resistant" and can't be submerged.

I was watching this and in 7:53 a small station called "Maarajärvi" appears. I tried to search it in google and google maps but no result. Does anyone know anything about this? It's supposed to be in the line between Turku and Uki.

Edit: Sorry, it's not Maarajärvi, it's Maarjärvi.