Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 Super Magfest
@aguaspoints.bsky.social
Game Critic - NPR Contributor
Debug Mag Columnist
Member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle
Unwinnable, Gamers with Glasses, PopMatters, Game Informer, Ars Technica & other places
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Member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle
Unwinnable, Gamers with Glasses, PopMatters, Game Informer, Ars Technica & other places
aguaspoints.com
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A new Legend has appeared! The @nyvgcc.bsky.social are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
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I liked #ManyNightsAWhisper so much, I bought it as a Christmas gift for half my Steam friends list. Play as a young archer who has to make a 1 kilometre shot into a huge huge stone chalice. If they hit, the world's dreams come true. If they miss, no such dreams will ever happen.
1.5hrs, $2.24.
1.5hrs, $2.24.
Save 25% on Many Nights a Whisper on Steam
A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.
store.steampowered.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I liked #ManyNightsAWhisper so much, I bought it as a Christmas gift for half my Steam friends list. Play as a young archer who has to make a 1 kilometre shot into a huge huge stone chalice. If they hit, the world's dreams come true. If they miss, no such dreams will ever happen.
1.5hrs, $2.24.
1.5hrs, $2.24.
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WHO WILL I SEE AT THIS PLEASE SOMEONE
January 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
WHO WILL I SEE AT THIS PLEASE SOMEONE
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Starting the New Year in style. Thank you @critdistance.bsky.social and @noescapevg.com for putting this together. Also, very happy to be featured on this not once, but twice 😽.
critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...
critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...
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media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Starting the New Year in style. Thank you @critdistance.bsky.social and @noescapevg.com for putting this together. Also, very happy to be featured on this not once, but twice 😽.
critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...
critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...
Starting the New Year in style. Thank you @critdistance.bsky.social and @noescapevg.com for putting this together. Also, very happy to be featured on this not once, but twice 😽.
critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...
critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...
a stuffed animal wearing a pink hat is laying down
ALT: a stuffed animal wearing a pink hat is laying down
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Starting the New Year in style. Thank you @critdistance.bsky.social and @noescapevg.com for putting this together. Also, very happy to be featured on this not once, but twice 😽.
critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...
critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...
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December 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I am on a panel at MAGfest next weekend!
Will you be there?!? What is MAGfest? Will I get overwhelmed by the CROWD? Will you comfort me?!
A lot of questions.
A lot of questions.
Will you be there?!? What is MAGfest? Will I get overwhelmed by the CROWD? Will you comfort me?!
A lot of questions.
A lot of questions.
Very excited that at Super MAGFest on Friday January 9th (12:30 pm - 1:30pm) @stuartgipp.bsky.social, @theautumnwright.bsky.social, @jakesteinberg.substack.com, & I will discuss writing about games.
Join us if you can. It will be a riot.
Join us if you can. It will be a riot.
January 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I am on a panel at MAGfest next weekend!
Will you be there?!? What is MAGfest? Will I get overwhelmed by the CROWD? Will you comfort me?!
A lot of questions.
A lot of questions.
Will you be there?!? What is MAGfest? Will I get overwhelmed by the CROWD? Will you comfort me?!
A lot of questions.
A lot of questions.
Great to be in such illustrious company.
December 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Great to be in such illustrious company.
Very excited that at Super MAGFest on Friday January 9th (12:30 pm - 1:30pm) @stuartgipp.bsky.social, @theautumnwright.bsky.social, @jakesteinberg.substack.com, & I will discuss writing about games.
Join us if you can. It will be a riot.
Join us if you can. It will be a riot.
December 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Very excited that at Super MAGFest on Friday January 9th (12:30 pm - 1:30pm) @stuartgipp.bsky.social, @theautumnwright.bsky.social, @jakesteinberg.substack.com, & I will discuss writing about games.
Join us if you can. It will be a riot.
Join us if you can. It will be a riot.
Check out this awesome interview with @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social's Pablo Clark!
unwinnable.com/2025/12/22/i...
unwinnable.com/2025/12/22/i...
Inspired Wonder: The Old King’s Crown is a Game Created of Chance and Circumstance - Unwinnable
As I learned its rules and played in its brutal world of decaying decadence and factional opportunism, I entered a state of jamais vu.
unwinnable.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Check out this awesome interview with @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social's Pablo Clark!
unwinnable.com/2025/12/22/i...
unwinnable.com/2025/12/22/i...
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Also shoutout to @aguaspoints.bsky.social for this Unwinnable piece that was helpful in starting a Playdate wishlist
unwinnable.com/2025/01/13/t...
unwinnable.com/2025/01/13/t...
The Playdate Represents the Best Future for Handheld Consoles - Unwinnable
The Playdate is the little console that could.
unwinnable.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Also shoutout to @aguaspoints.bsky.social for this Unwinnable piece that was helpful in starting a Playdate wishlist
unwinnable.com/2025/01/13/t...
unwinnable.com/2025/01/13/t...
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It is an honor to have @hannahnicklin.bsky.social share her insights on narrative design.
Performing Peter: South of the Circle and Fuzzy Choice — Gamers with Glasses
How do game designers make player choices feel meaningful? Hannah Nicklin, author of Writing for Games: Theory and Practice , describes here how the act of choosing allows players to perform a charac...
www.gamerswithglasses.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It is an honor to have @hannahnicklin.bsky.social share her insights on narrative design.
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I had a great time talking to Pablo Clark of @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social about the gorgeous The Old King's Crown.
ICYMI: "So, rather than set out to make this big, sprawling strategy game as a first time designer, the game and I sort of grew up together."
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
Inspired Wonder: The Old King’s Crown is a Game Created of Chance and Circumstance - Unwinnable
As I learned its rules and played in its brutal world of decaying decadence and factional opportunism, I entered a state of jamais vu.
unwinnable.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I had a great time talking to Pablo Clark of @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social about the gorgeous The Old King's Crown.
I had a great time talking to Pablo Clark of @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social about the gorgeous The Old King's Crown.
ICYMI: "So, rather than set out to make this big, sprawling strategy game as a first time designer, the game and I sort of grew up together."
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
Inspired Wonder: The Old King’s Crown is a Game Created of Chance and Circumstance - Unwinnable
As I learned its rules and played in its brutal world of decaying decadence and factional opportunism, I entered a state of jamais vu.
unwinnable.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I had a great time talking to Pablo Clark of @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social about the gorgeous The Old King's Crown.
I love this article even though I disagree with its central argument. Battlefield 6 and its ilk are prowar. Focusing on the content of the gameplay and narrative is like attempting to ride the smokescreen the vehicle leaves behind. It's a product that sells virtual war and partners with its masters.
Our Battlefield 6 issue comes to a close with an article from @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/12/24/k...
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I love this article even though I disagree with its central argument. Battlefield 6 and its ilk are prowar. Focusing on the content of the gameplay and narrative is like attempting to ride the smokescreen the vehicle leaves behind. It's a product that sells virtual war and partners with its masters.
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ICYMI: "So, rather than set out to make this big, sprawling strategy game as a first time designer, the game and I sort of grew up together."
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
Inspired Wonder: The Old King’s Crown is a Game Created of Chance and Circumstance - Unwinnable
As I learned its rules and played in its brutal world of decaying decadence and factional opportunism, I entered a state of jamais vu.
unwinnable.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ICYMI: "So, rather than set out to make this big, sprawling strategy game as a first time designer, the game and I sort of grew up together."
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
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A great write-up of interesting insights into a unique system in a beautiful game. Do yourselves a favour and read this.
It is an honor to have @hannahnicklin.bsky.social share her insights on narrative design.
Performing Peter: South of the Circle and Fuzzy Choice — Gamers with Glasses
How do game designers make player choices feel meaningful? Hannah Nicklin, author of Writing for Games: Theory and Practice , describes here how the act of choosing allows players to perform a charac...
www.gamerswithglasses.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A great write-up of interesting insights into a unique system in a beautiful game. Do yourselves a favour and read this.
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I wrote an article about dialogue choice as part of a narrative designer’s toolkit *aside* from branching, instead considering how choice can invite us to *perform* a character.
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
We're just over the moon to be sharing this with you: the one and only @hannahnicklin.bsky.social on South of the Circle and how developers use in-game choices to give players space in which to perform the story.
www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/per...
www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/per...
Performing Peter: South of the Circle and Fuzzy Choice — Gamers with Glasses
How do game designers make player choices feel meaningful? Hannah Nicklin, author of Writing for Games: Theory and Practice , describes here how the act of choosing allows players to perform a charac...
www.gamerswithglasses.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I wrote an article about dialogue choice as part of a narrative designer’s toolkit *aside* from branching, instead considering how choice can invite us to *perform* a character.
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
It is an honor to have @hannahnicklin.bsky.social share her insights on narrative design.
Performing Peter: South of the Circle and Fuzzy Choice — Gamers with Glasses
How do game designers make player choices feel meaningful? Hannah Nicklin, author of Writing for Games: Theory and Practice , describes here how the act of choosing allows players to perform a charac...
www.gamerswithglasses.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It is an honor to have @hannahnicklin.bsky.social share her insights on narrative design.
Reposted by Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 Super Magfest
"So, rather than set out to make this big, sprawling strategy game as a first time designer, the game and I sort of grew up together."
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
Inspired Wonder: The Old King’s Crown is a Game Created of Chance and Circumstance - Unwinnable
As I learned its rules and played in its brutal world of decaying decadence and factional opportunism, I entered a state of jamais vu.
unwinnable.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"So, rather than set out to make this big, sprawling strategy game as a first time designer, the game and I sort of grew up together."
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
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@stopcar.ing kicked off our last issue debut of the year with a piece on 24 Killers and what home really is. She effortlessly captures the strange, funny yet bittersweet themes of the game and its eclectic yet personal tone as well.
THE WORLD IS NOT MY HOME
As someone who has moved around a lot, across different states and even countries, I long for the stability of home, a house to call my own. Political and economic situations have dashed my dreams, or...
www.tier-review.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
@stopcar.ing kicked off our last issue debut of the year with a piece on 24 Killers and what home really is. She effortlessly captures the strange, funny yet bittersweet themes of the game and its eclectic yet personal tone as well.
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From a few years ago, but this is a good account of the New School's actual history and economy, up until 2021.
Reckoning with The New School’s Legacies - Public Seminar
Photo Credit: rblfmr/Shutterstock.com _____ What The New School was, is, and could be, has long been contested, often by those...Read More
publicseminar.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
From a few years ago, but this is a good account of the New School's actual history and economy, up until 2021.
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The award for "Most Workers Laid Off" goes to...
EMBRACER GROUP
For laying off roughly 7800 workers between July 2023 and July 2025
EMBRACER GROUP
For laying off roughly 7800 workers between July 2023 and July 2025
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The award for "Most Workers Laid Off" goes to...
EMBRACER GROUP
For laying off roughly 7800 workers between July 2023 and July 2025
EMBRACER GROUP
For laying off roughly 7800 workers between July 2023 and July 2025
Damn... this is very upsetting.
December 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Damn... this is very upsetting.
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LRT: Folks, here's your Short List for the 2025 Games Journalism Award nygamecritics.com/the-games-jo...
The Games Journalism Award
By Nick Capozzoli, NYVGCC Journalism Chair The Games Journalism Award is given to one journalist or critic for distinguished contributions to the field during the voting year. The selected journali…
nygamecritics.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
LRT: Folks, here's your Short List for the 2025 Games Journalism Award nygamecritics.com/the-games-jo...