{"id":22997,"date":"2026-05-07T08:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/were-remixing-her-library-for-a-new-medium-the-video-games-capturing-the-happy-sad-spirit-of-tove-janssons-moomins\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:37:18","slug":"were-remixing-her-library-for-a-new-medium-the-video-games-capturing-the-happy-sad-spirit-of-tove-janssons-moomins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/were-remixing-her-library-for-a-new-medium-the-video-games-capturing-the-happy-sad-spirit-of-tove-janssons-moomins\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re remixing her library for a new medium\u2019: the video games capturing the happy-sad spirit of Tove Jansson\u2019s Moomins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enchanting and a little eerie, Moomintroll: Winter\u2019s Warmth is the second great game in as many years based on the classic children\u2019s books<\/p>\n<p>Sleepy, happy-sad, and imbued with the mildest peril, Tove Jansson\u2019s Moomin stories may seem an unlikely fit for the action-heavy medium of video games. Rather than embark on swashbuckling adventures, these milk-white, hippo-esque creatures prefer to potter about Moominvalley, only venturing further if the weather conditions are just right.<\/p>\n<p>Yet a small Norwegian video game studio, Hyper Games, is now on its second exquisitely charming Jansson adaptation. The first, 2024\u2019s Snufkin: Melody of Moomin Valley, put players in control of the wily free spirit, Snufkin, as he dismantled overly ordered nature parks (and evaded authority-loving wardens). The latest, Moomintroll: Winter\u2019s Warmth, sees young Moomintroll wake up at night in the dead of winter. With his parents still hibernating, the creature is all alone, thrust into a cold and unfamiliar world.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/may\/07\/video-games-capture-happy-sad-spirit-of-tove-janssons-moomins\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ea9e709fd79b49f0886aff0cc29aaef030dc4e90\/761_0_2700_2160\/master\/2700.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4d40c503f29f2f8e6b18c68adc6d4f5c\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019re remixing her library for a new medium\u2019: the video games capturing the happy-sad spirit of Tove Jansson\u2019s Moomins\" \/>Enchanting and a little eerie, Moomintroll: Winter\u2019s Warmth is the second great game in as many years based on the classic children\u2019s books<br \/>\nSleepy, happy-sad, and imbued with the mildest peril, Tove Jansson\u2019s Moomin stories may seem an unlikely fit for the action-heavy medium of video games. Rather than embark on swashbuckling adventures, these milk-white, hippo-esque creatures prefer to potter about Moominvalley, only venturing further if the weather conditions are just right.<br \/>\nYet a small Norwegian video game studio, Hyper Games, is now on its second exquisitely charming Jansson adaptation. The first, 2024\u2019s Snufkin: Melody of Moomin Valley, put players in control of the wily free spirit, Snufkin, as he dismantled overly ordered nature parks (and evaded authority-loving wardens). The latest, Moomintroll: Winter\u2019s Warmth, sees young Moomintroll wake up at night in the dead of winter. With his parents still hibernating, the creature is all alone, thrust into a cold and unfamiliar world. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enchanting and a little eerie, Moomintroll: Winter\u2019s Warmth is the second great game in as many years based on the classic children\u2019s books Sleepy, happy-sad, and imbued with the mildest peril, Tove Jansson\u2019s Moomin stories may seem an unlikely fit for the action-heavy medium of video games. Rather than embark on swashbuckling adventures, these milk-white, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/were-remixing-her-library-for-a-new-medium-the-video-games-capturing-the-happy-sad-spirit-of-tove-janssons-moomins\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018We\u2019re remixing her library for a new medium\u2019: the video games capturing the happy-sad spirit of Tove Jansson\u2019s Moomins<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22997"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}