Thiago Falcão
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Thiago Falcão
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Entertainment Media and (Critical) Game Studies Researcher @ UFPB, Brazil
Trying to get back to long-form post-writing on Substack. falc4o.substack.com :)
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December 1, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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The 2025 Spring Seminar "Arts and Games" CfP: springseminar.org/2025-call-fo...

⏰ Abstract submission deadline is 13.12.2024

The seminar is organised on 26-27.3.2025 in Tampere by Tampere University Game Research Lab in collaboration with The CoE in Game Culture Studies and Games As Art Center.
2025 | Call for Papers
The fields of arts and games are continuously and progressively intersecting, creating hybrids and cultural frames, mutually influencing each other. This is not new; arts have been using games as s…
springseminar.org
November 6, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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LENS Lab at UFPB, with Meedan, launched the RECLAIM project — empowering leaders in vulnerable areas of NE Brazil to strengthen community-public connections in climate/social crises. Featuring a board game simulation, participants tackle real-life climate & health challenges. Stay tuned for updates!
November 4, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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A starter pack for Game Studies on Bluesky. Let me know if you want to be added or want to recommend any account or feed. Share it around!

go.bsky.app/56c1mPm
October 31, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Em tempo, trazendo isso do Instagram, acho impressionante a capacidade que as instituições políticas têm, hoje, de esvaziar completamente o sentido de sua comunicação; e como as redes são, alas, receptivas a essa idiotice.

(E como a academia celebra, nunca deixo de me espantar).
September 5, 2024 at 2:12 PM
"I get money, you get mad because the bank shut"

Não consigo superar esse verso.

O fim dos anos 1990 deve mesmo ter sido o momento mais apolítico da história do Ocidente. Mas a tentativa de it-girlizar o mundo de hoje me parece um grande fracasso.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZ1...
Charli xcx - Von dutch (official video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
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September 5, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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Oi gente!

Leiam o livro que eu e meu melhor amigo, que é cool demais pra redes sociais, organizamos uns anos atrás
Another Portuguese addition to #TheVideoGameLibrary.

Published in 2019, this book aims to present an overview of works, research and academic projects focused on thinking about Gender, Sexuality and #VideoGames.

👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/video-g...
September 1, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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🫢🤭 Céu Azul cutuca Musk via Twitter mostrando como são redes sociais sem o Brasil: como uma loja com as prateleiras vazias.
August 30, 2024 at 11:12 PM
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Ótima reportagem, mas ao mesmo naturaliza que um sujeito tenha propriedade individual sobre a criação/comunicação coletiva de milhões de pessoas.

O que "queimou a biblioteca de Alexandria" das stan accounts não foi a decisão judicial do STF, como o texto pressupõe. Foi o tecnofeudalismo.
Read my latest post on the massive cultural impact of Brazilian stan twitter and how a ban on X could have far reaching implications for the entertainment industry and political landscape
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The burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandoms
Brazil blocking X could deal a fatal blow to stan twitter
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August 31, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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Work Emails are Turn Based Combat
September 15, 2023 at 3:22 AM
Red Sun
September 23, 2023 at 11:06 AM