[citation needed] In 2013, Swenson, David Axe, and another journalist, snuck into northern Syria through Reyhanlı, Turkey to report on the Syrian Civil War.
"I heard that nine times as many people clicked on links to do with Miley Cyrus than the war," he told The Guardian.
In general, the game was received positively by critics and was an official selection at both the 2014 Indie Prize Showcase and the 2014 Meaningful Play Conference.
[4][5][6][7][8][9] In 2013, Swenson's true-story novella, The Tracking of a Russian Spy, was published by Thought Catalog as an ebook.
Logan Lerman is set to play Swenson in the film adaptation of The Tracking of a Russian Spy.