Miguel Sicart
@miguelsicart.bsky.social
Play scholar, among other things
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new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
new horror story about men, women, animals and appetites
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
please read and repost
medium.com/@leighalexan...
Friends! On November 19th at 16:00, in Auditorium 3 at the ITU, we are hosting a talk by Florence Smith Nicholls. The talk is titled How to be a video game archaeologist. You can read about it here: digitalplay.itu.dk/event/floren...
How To Be A Video Game Archaeologist - A talk by Florence Smith Nicholls | Center for Digital Play
How To Be A Video Game Archaeologist - A talk by Florence Smith Nicholls
digitalplay.itu.dk
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Friends! On November 19th at 16:00, in Auditorium 3 at the ITU, we are hosting a talk by Florence Smith Nicholls. The talk is titled How to be a video game archaeologist. You can read about it here: digitalplay.itu.dk/event/floren...
Friends! On November 11th at 16:00, in Auditorium 3 at the ITU, we are hosting a talk by Kevin Marín-Rubio. The talk is titled Play Utopia - Videogames for Critical Imagination in a Barcelona Youth Club. You can read about it here: digitalplay.itu.dk/event/kevin-...
Play Utopia - Video Games for Critical Imagination in a Barcelona Youth Club | Center for Digital Play
Play Utopia - Video Games for Critical Imagination in a Barcelona Youth Club
digitalplay.itu.dk
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Friends! On November 11th at 16:00, in Auditorium 3 at the ITU, we are hosting a talk by Kevin Marín-Rubio. The talk is titled Play Utopia - Videogames for Critical Imagination in a Barcelona Youth Club. You can read about it here: digitalplay.itu.dk/event/kevin-...
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For the past decade, I've been slowly cooking a small and humble book.
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For the past decade, I've been slowly cooking a small and humble book.
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I’m going through airports all day and already running out of mobile data, so I’m missing all @roguelike.club. If you like games and play, don’t be like me! Tune in!
October 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m going through airports all day and already running out of mobile data, so I’m missing all @roguelike.club. If you like games and play, don’t be like me! Tune in!
Recordatorio de que de hoy al viernes hay DiGRA España. Las charlas se pueden ver online: digraes2025.wordpress.com/programa/
Si andan por aquí, nos vemos!
(Y sí, las charlas son en español. Como dijo Benito, you have now four months to learn it 😉
Si andan por aquí, nos vemos!
(Y sí, las charlas son en español. Como dijo Benito, you have now four months to learn it 😉
Programa
(descarga el programa) Día 0 – 21 de octubre: Precongreso Jornada de Doctorandos 09:00 – 09:30Recepción de participantes y entrega de acreditacionesSEMINARIO 30909:30 – 11:30Mesa …
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October 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Recordatorio de que de hoy al viernes hay DiGRA España. Las charlas se pueden ver online: digraes2025.wordpress.com/programa/
Si andan por aquí, nos vemos!
(Y sí, las charlas son en español. Como dijo Benito, you have now four months to learn it 😉
Si andan por aquí, nos vemos!
(Y sí, las charlas son en español. Como dijo Benito, you have now four months to learn it 😉
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Just putting out into the aether that despite coming out in December 2024, Caves of Qud is eligible for a number of this year's awards that have November cutoffs, like the Game Awards
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Just putting out into the aether that despite coming out in December 2024, Caves of Qud is eligible for a number of this year's awards that have November cutoffs, like the Game Awards
Amigos! La semana que viene estaré en Pontevedra participando en DiGRAES! (digraes2025.wordpress.com ). Tengo muchas ganas de conocer a más gente trabajando en game studies, y de presentar algo del trabajo nuevo que desarrollé durante mi año sabático.
Nos vemos en Pontevedra la semana que viene!
Nos vemos en Pontevedra la semana que viene!
4º Congreso Internacional DIGRAES
Estudios del juego: encrucijadas y diálogos
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October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Amigos! La semana que viene estaré en Pontevedra participando en DiGRAES! (digraes2025.wordpress.com ). Tengo muchas ganas de conocer a más gente trabajando en game studies, y de presentar algo del trabajo nuevo que desarrollé durante mi año sabático.
Nos vemos en Pontevedra la semana que viene!
Nos vemos en Pontevedra la semana que viene!
Nuevo proyecto: los amigos de Arsgames me han invitado a reflexionar sobre derechos digitales y juego, y lo he hecho creado un jueguito (analógico y digital), y un ensayo. Lo podéis encontrar aquí: decidim.derechoaljuego.digital/processes/en...
(english version follows)
(english version follows)
Arsgames - ArsGames
¿Qué es ArsGames? ArsGames es una asociación cultural que promueve y gestiona proyectos de carácter cultural relacionados con los videojuegos y
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October 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Nuevo proyecto: los amigos de Arsgames me han invitado a reflexionar sobre derechos digitales y juego, y lo he hecho creado un jueguito (analógico y digital), y un ensayo. Lo podéis encontrar aquí: decidim.derechoaljuego.digital/processes/en...
(english version follows)
(english version follows)
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Sending this #CfP out into the ether again #othernetworks
Looking for #videogames #gamestudies #retrogames #artists #gamedev folks who would like to contribute a chapter for a book on "Games and Nostalgia for the Future"
📍 750 words abstract by Nov 3
Find the call and form here: shorturl.at/ValXq
Looking for #videogames #gamestudies #retrogames #artists #gamedev folks who would like to contribute a chapter for a book on "Games and Nostalgia for the Future"
📍 750 words abstract by Nov 3
Find the call and form here: shorturl.at/ValXq
CfP: Nostalgia for the Future Book
Nostalgia for the Future? Any books on this? No? Let's write one, together.
shorturl.at
October 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Sending this #CfP out into the ether again #othernetworks
Looking for #videogames #gamestudies #retrogames #artists #gamedev folks who would like to contribute a chapter for a book on "Games and Nostalgia for the Future"
📍 750 words abstract by Nov 3
Find the call and form here: shorturl.at/ValXq
Looking for #videogames #gamestudies #retrogames #artists #gamedev folks who would like to contribute a chapter for a book on "Games and Nostalgia for the Future"
📍 750 words abstract by Nov 3
Find the call and form here: shorturl.at/ValXq
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2026 internships available in my team at The LEGO Group!
Internships in
Story,
Ideation,
Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks),
Prototyping (3D printing etc),
Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!)
Physical (springs and spinny things)
Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)
Internships in
Story,
Ideation,
Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks),
Prototyping (3D printing etc),
Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!)
Physical (springs and spinny things)
Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)
!!!* INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY *!!!
Hey everyone… great news! please share with your network of budding young students.
We have now opened applications for our internships in Story, Ideation, Concept…...
!!!* INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY *!!!
Hey everyone… great news! please share with your network of budding young students.
We have now opened applications for our internships in Story, Ideation, Concept ...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
2026 internships available in my team at The LEGO Group!
Internships in
Story,
Ideation,
Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks),
Prototyping (3D printing etc),
Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!)
Physical (springs and spinny things)
Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)
Internships in
Story,
Ideation,
Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks),
Prototyping (3D printing etc),
Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!)
Physical (springs and spinny things)
Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)
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We made a new game. It’s called Q-UP. It’s a coin flipping eSport. There’s a free demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
store.steampowered.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
We made a new game. It’s called Q-UP. It’s a coin flipping eSport. There’s a free demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
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I'm starting a newsletter where I'll share my thoughts on game design and genre conventions, mostly from an ecocritical perspective. The first article, on why I think The Sims 2 makes for a great city building game, is up now: hugging-pixel-trees.ghost.io/levels-of-ab... #gamedesign #sims2
Levels of abstraction: Why I still play The Sims 2
This month marked the 21tst birthday of my favorite city building game of all time: The Sims 2. I know it isn't normally thought to fall into the same genre as games like SimCity or Cities: Skylines –...
hugging-pixel-trees.ghost.io
September 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm starting a newsletter where I'll share my thoughts on game design and genre conventions, mostly from an ecocritical perspective. The first article, on why I think The Sims 2 makes for a great city building game, is up now: hugging-pixel-trees.ghost.io/levels-of-ab... #gamedesign #sims2
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Currently liiiiiiive on Twitch playing @alphachar.bsky.social and @martinpi.bsky.social's Sparrow Warfare (badly)
www.twitch.tv/yunitex
www.twitch.tv/yunitex
yunitex - Twitch
I'm obsessed with this game! Speak Irish or English with me :)
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September 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Currently liiiiiiive on Twitch playing @alphachar.bsky.social and @martinpi.bsky.social's Sparrow Warfare (badly)
www.twitch.tv/yunitex
www.twitch.tv/yunitex
Dammit Zuckerberg! I thought I was the only one making ridiculous software!
September 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Dammit Zuckerberg! I thought I was the only one making ridiculous software!
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After 4 years, Mind Diver @minddivergame.bsky.social , our deduction game set inside a mind, is launching in TWELVE DAYS!
Each day before launch, I will share reflections about making and releasing a game in 2025! If you see this, plz repost, so I can join bsky for real 🙏
#gamedev #indiedev
Each day before launch, I will share reflections about making and releasing a game in 2025! If you see this, plz repost, so I can join bsky for real 🙏
#gamedev #indiedev
September 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
After 4 years, Mind Diver @minddivergame.bsky.social , our deduction game set inside a mind, is launching in TWELVE DAYS!
Each day before launch, I will share reflections about making and releasing a game in 2025! If you see this, plz repost, so I can join bsky for real 🙏
#gamedev #indiedev
Each day before launch, I will share reflections about making and releasing a game in 2025! If you see this, plz repost, so I can join bsky for real 🙏
#gamedev #indiedev
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We are making a game. It’s about rebellion. And birds.
We have a Steam store page for SPARROW WARFARE now so you can wishlist the game! store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We are making a game. It’s about rebellion. And birds.
Two of the best game makers out there are making a very cool game, and you should wishlist it and then buy it: store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
(Sparrow Warfare, by Neon Aurelius)
(Sparrow Warfare, by Neon Aurelius)
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Two of the best game makers out there are making a very cool game, and you should wishlist it and then buy it: store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
(Sparrow Warfare, by Neon Aurelius)
(Sparrow Warfare, by Neon Aurelius)
New work! In Ridiculous Software, we want to make people feel better, one app at a time. That's why we've developed Chimney of Wisdom, our first mediation and breathing app. Control your breathing, and burn your worries away! Available on iOS right now: ridiculous.software/apps/chimney...
Chimney of Wisdom
When we worry, an immense tower of negativity and pain builds inside us.
Chimney of Wisdom is inspired by the idea that controlling how to breath can have beneficial effects on people. If you want to ...
ridiculous.software
September 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New work! In Ridiculous Software, we want to make people feel better, one app at a time. That's why we've developed Chimney of Wisdom, our first mediation and breathing app. Control your breathing, and burn your worries away! Available on iOS right now: ridiculous.software/apps/chimney...
Time Flies, game of the year.
Because existentialist poetry is actually really funny when it wants to. timeflies.buzz
Because existentialist poetry is actually really funny when it wants to. timeflies.buzz
Time Flies – A game about our limited time in this world.
Available now for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Steam, Epic Games Store, and Mac App Store. A game by Michael Frei and Raphaël Munoz, produced by Playables.
timeflies.buzz
August 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Time Flies, game of the year.
Because existentialist poetry is actually really funny when it wants to. timeflies.buzz
Because existentialist poetry is actually really funny when it wants to. timeflies.buzz
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As we all know the game industry is going through very turbulent times, unfortunately this has also affected several members of our collective. The silver lining is that one of the largest rooms in our coworking space in Berlin will be available from September 1st.
More info in thread...
More info in thread...
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
As we all know the game industry is going through very turbulent times, unfortunately this has also affected several members of our collective. The silver lining is that one of the largest rooms in our coworking space in Berlin will be available from September 1st.
More info in thread...
More info in thread...
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Another TV is Possible.
Blippo+ arrives on Steam and Switch on September 23rd!
Wishlist: blippo.plus/steam
youtu.be/3f69DgOfBCU
Blippo+ arrives on Steam and Switch on September 23rd!
Wishlist: blippo.plus/steam
youtu.be/3f69DgOfBCU
Blippo+ | Switch and Steam Release Date Trailer | Coming Sept 23rd
YouTube video by Panic
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August 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Another TV is Possible.
Blippo+ arrives on Steam and Switch on September 23rd!
Wishlist: blippo.plus/steam
youtu.be/3f69DgOfBCU
Blippo+ arrives on Steam and Switch on September 23rd!
Wishlist: blippo.plus/steam
youtu.be/3f69DgOfBCU
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Esta cosa bonita que recoge 5 años de trabajo saldrá, de acceso libre, dentro de poco tanto en castellano como en català. También habrá un número pequeñito de copias físicas que intentaremos hacer llegar a lugares en los que pueda ser útil como objeto de consulta <3
August 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Esta cosa bonita que recoge 5 años de trabajo saldrá, de acceso libre, dentro de poco tanto en castellano como en català. También habrá un número pequeñito de copias físicas que intentaremos hacer llegar a lugares en los que pueda ser útil como objeto de consulta <3
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We’re proud to announce that Guntouchables is now available on Steam, and for 24 hours, it is FREE TO KEEP! For the next 24 hours, you can grab Guntouchables for the low amount of ZERO CURRENCY. It’s almost like money has no value once the apocalypse hits!
store.steampowered.com/app/2543510/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2543510/...
Save 100% on GUNTOUCHABLES on Steam
Guntouchables is an online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players. You play as a gun-toting group of 'preppers' trying to reclaim the world from an ever-evolving horde of mutants, constantly working...
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August 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We’re proud to announce that Guntouchables is now available on Steam, and for 24 hours, it is FREE TO KEEP! For the next 24 hours, you can grab Guntouchables for the low amount of ZERO CURRENCY. It’s almost like money has no value once the apocalypse hits!
store.steampowered.com/app/2543510/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2543510/...