Mauricio Castro Valdez
@perulainen.bsky.social
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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...
20 hour commute ahead.
Goals:
- finish Devil Survivor 2.
Goals:
- finish Devil Survivor 2.
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
20 hour commute ahead.
Goals:
- finish Devil Survivor 2.
Goals:
- finish Devil Survivor 2.
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New #openaccess article in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social
"Sidetalking: Domesticating Nokia's playful designed identity"
On the Nokia mobile gaming platform: the Nokia NGage, released 2003.
A THREAD.
Download: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#gamestudies #platformstudies
"Sidetalking: Domesticating Nokia's playful designed identity"
On the Nokia mobile gaming platform: the Nokia NGage, released 2003.
A THREAD.
Download: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#gamestudies #platformstudies
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New #openaccess article in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social
"Sidetalking: Domesticating Nokia's playful designed identity"
On the Nokia mobile gaming platform: the Nokia NGage, released 2003.
A THREAD.
Download: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#gamestudies #platformstudies
"Sidetalking: Domesticating Nokia's playful designed identity"
On the Nokia mobile gaming platform: the Nokia NGage, released 2003.
A THREAD.
Download: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#gamestudies #platformstudies
Ahora, en @digraspain.bsky.social inmersión como presencia cognitiva simulada. ¿Cómo diseñar juegos de mundo abierto que estimulen estas experiencias cognitivas simuladas en vez de limitarlas?
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ahora, en @digraspain.bsky.social inmersión como presencia cognitiva simulada. ¿Cómo diseñar juegos de mundo abierto que estimulen estas experiencias cognitivas simuladas en vez de limitarlas?
Reinterpretaciones de los tropos del noir clásicos como mecánicas de juego. Cosa seria. @digraspain.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Reinterpretaciones de los tropos del noir clásicos como mecánicas de juego. Cosa seria. @digraspain.bsky.social
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📣 ¡Comienza oficialmente #DigraES25! Tenéis acceso al directo aquí: tv.uvigo.es/directo2
UVigoTV - Canle Directo 2
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October 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
📣 ¡Comienza oficialmente #DigraES25! Tenéis acceso al directo aquí: tv.uvigo.es/directo2
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ICYMI: Here's my exploration of Amsterdam's history through board games
Amsterdam in History and Board Games
One of the great cities of Europe celebrates its 750th birthday this year – Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, famous for tolerance, trade, and tulips. While the earliest settlements in the reg…
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October 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
ICYMI: Here's my exploration of Amsterdam's history through board games
1 year #vibecoding and working with #agentic entities (sic). Some side effects:
- complete alienation from coding as "carpentry".
- tiredness, irritability, feeling of being hungover after creating massive artifacts in a short span (ex. a full app in 1 day).
- complete alienation from coding as "carpentry".
- tiredness, irritability, feeling of being hungover after creating massive artifacts in a short span (ex. a full app in 1 day).
October 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
1 year #vibecoding and working with #agentic entities (sic). Some side effects:
- complete alienation from coding as "carpentry".
- tiredness, irritability, feeling of being hungover after creating massive artifacts in a short span (ex. a full app in 1 day).
- complete alienation from coding as "carpentry".
- tiredness, irritability, feeling of being hungover after creating massive artifacts in a short span (ex. a full app in 1 day).
I'm cooking all the Peruvian stews I know using gochujang paste instead of panka chili paste. So far, so good.
October 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm cooking all the Peruvian stews I know using gochujang paste instead of panka chili paste. So far, so good.
This was my first experience with Sonic, a weird Peruvian ROM created by TEG. Weird SFX and Mario in a cage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqF9...
Let's Play SNES ROM Hacks | Sonic The Hedgehog 4 | SNES Mini
YouTube video by ADH Gaming
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September 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This was my first experience with Sonic, a weird Peruvian ROM created by TEG. Weird SFX and Mario in a cage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqF9...
Reposted by Mauricio Castro Valdez
Been thinking about idle games a lot and had this phenomenal progression in the shower
August 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Been thinking about idle games a lot and had this phenomenal progression in the shower
Reposted by Mauricio Castro Valdez
Over the last five months on my blog, I've written about the 19 different computer games to reach #1 in UK sales charts during 1984. I've made a post about the history of each one.
Here is a thread with links to those posts, plus one thing I learned about each of them!
Here is a thread with links to those posts, plus one thing I learned about each of them!
August 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Over the last five months on my blog, I've written about the 19 different computer games to reach #1 in UK sales charts during 1984. I've made a post about the history of each one.
Here is a thread with links to those posts, plus one thing I learned about each of them!
Here is a thread with links to those posts, plus one thing I learned about each of them!
Reposted by Mauricio Castro Valdez
Open Call for Papers 2025🥰📢
Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue!
More details below in this thread👇
#CallForPapers #GameStudies
Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue!
More details below in this thread👇
#CallForPapers #GameStudies
August 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Open Call for Papers 2025🥰📢
Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue!
More details below in this thread👇
#CallForPapers #GameStudies
Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue!
More details below in this thread👇
#CallForPapers #GameStudies
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🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page!
Wishlist... Future? No Thanks!
👉 futurenothanks.com
After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page!
Wishlist... Future? No Thanks!
👉 futurenothanks.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page!
Wishlist... Future? No Thanks!
👉 futurenothanks.com
After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page!
Wishlist... Future? No Thanks!
👉 futurenothanks.com
Big me - Foo Fighters
Best karaoke song. Get out now.
Best karaoke song. Get out now.
July 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Big me - Foo Fighters
Best karaoke song. Get out now.
Best karaoke song. Get out now.
Cooking Carapulcra today. I'll try not to eat the whole pot.
July 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Cooking Carapulcra today. I'll try not to eat the whole pot.
Artes y memorias del conflicto interno peruano (1980-2000) Mathilde Salaün
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July 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Artes y memorias del conflicto interno peruano (1980-2000) Mathilde Salaün
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Guns & Roses 2025 sounds like Cartman doing karaoke
July 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Guns & Roses 2025 sounds like Cartman doing karaoke
Brian Wilson, querido genio de la melodía.
June 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Brian Wilson, querido genio de la melodía.
I'm contacting itch.io to recover my account. I wonder how long will it take for this guys to answer.
Download the latest indie games
itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you co...
itch.io
June 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I'm contacting itch.io to recover my account. I wonder how long will it take for this guys to answer.
Weezer's blue album man!!!
June 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Weezer's blue album man!!!
That Postal movie intro...
May 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
That Postal movie intro...
Peruvian warlords are in control of most of the territory and all major political institutions. Congress, Army, Police, Political Parties (left and right), Churches, Municipalities, Universities, Industries, Entertainment all belong to them. This is -sadly- not an exaggeration.
May 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Peruvian warlords are in control of most of the territory and all major political institutions. Congress, Army, Police, Political Parties (left and right), Churches, Municipalities, Universities, Industries, Entertainment all belong to them. This is -sadly- not an exaggeration.