Tomás Grau de Pablos
@tomgaar.bsky.social
Él. Crítico y profesor de Game Studies y estudios culturales japoneses. https://tomgaar.carrd.co/
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¿Libertad sin IA?
Nota: A lo largo del artículo, me refiero a la tecnología comúnmente denominada «IA» o «IA generativa» como LLMs, que es un acrónimo de «Large Language Model» y que, por desgracia, no cuenta con eq…
laeradelvideojuego.wordpress.com
Disponible desde ayer por la noche (horas raras, lo se), un artículo que llevaba pensando desde hacía un par de meses sobre IA generativa, videojuegos, contenido y el futuro del arte y el ser humano laeradelvideojuego.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/l...
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I ported Super Monkey Ball to a website.
You can access it in the replies.
(or just type what you see in the video, I'm not your boss.)
You can access it in the replies.
(or just type what you see in the video, I'm not your boss.)
January 26, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I ported Super Monkey Ball to a website.
You can access it in the replies.
(or just type what you see in the video, I'm not your boss.)
You can access it in the replies.
(or just type what you see in the video, I'm not your boss.)
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He decidido poner todas mis cosas sobre animación en un único espacio y, de paso, escribir nuevas.
PANTOMIMAS LUMINOSAS. Una newsletter sobre animación en todas sus formas
Entradas el 1 y 15 de cada mes
Bienvenida y suscripción aquí:
pantomimasluminosas.substack.com/p/bienvenido...
¡Apuntaos!
PANTOMIMAS LUMINOSAS. Una newsletter sobre animación en todas sus formas
Entradas el 1 y 15 de cada mes
Bienvenida y suscripción aquí:
pantomimasluminosas.substack.com/p/bienvenido...
¡Apuntaos!
Bienvenidos a Pantomimas Luminosas
Una newsletter sobre animación en todas sus formas
pantomimasluminosas.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM
He decidido poner todas mis cosas sobre animación en un único espacio y, de paso, escribir nuevas.
PANTOMIMAS LUMINOSAS. Una newsletter sobre animación en todas sus formas
Entradas el 1 y 15 de cada mes
Bienvenida y suscripción aquí:
pantomimasluminosas.substack.com/p/bienvenido...
¡Apuntaos!
PANTOMIMAS LUMINOSAS. Una newsletter sobre animación en todas sus formas
Entradas el 1 y 15 de cada mes
Bienvenida y suscripción aquí:
pantomimasluminosas.substack.com/p/bienvenido...
¡Apuntaos!
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Mi (no tan) mini-review de Consume Me.
Consume Me me consumió
Consume Me es más que un juego condenadamente divertido de principio a fin; logrando mantener su estresante gameplay lo suficientemente…
paramodelastronauta.medium.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Mi (no tan) mini-review de Consume Me.
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BIG NEWS
(I am not a lawyer)
Japan's Agency For Cultural Affairs announced upcoming revisions to copyright law. It supplements the existing system that guides permission of use for IPs whose owners are unknown and uncontactable.
Games are explicitly mentioned.
(1/3)
www.bunka.go.jp/prmagazine/r...
(I am not a lawyer)
Japan's Agency For Cultural Affairs announced upcoming revisions to copyright law. It supplements the existing system that guides permission of use for IPs whose owners are unknown and uncontactable.
Games are explicitly mentioned.
(1/3)
www.bunka.go.jp/prmagazine/r...
「未管理著作物裁定制度」が2026年度から始まります〜今は眠る著作物等の価値を再発見し、新たな創作活動へつなぐ仕組み〜 - 文化庁広報誌 ぶんかる
www.bunka.go.jp
January 20, 2026 at 7:48 AM
BIG NEWS
(I am not a lawyer)
Japan's Agency For Cultural Affairs announced upcoming revisions to copyright law. It supplements the existing system that guides permission of use for IPs whose owners are unknown and uncontactable.
Games are explicitly mentioned.
(1/3)
www.bunka.go.jp/prmagazine/r...
(I am not a lawyer)
Japan's Agency For Cultural Affairs announced upcoming revisions to copyright law. It supplements the existing system that guides permission of use for IPs whose owners are unknown and uncontactable.
Games are explicitly mentioned.
(1/3)
www.bunka.go.jp/prmagazine/r...
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I wrote a series about Ayano Koshiro, a graphic designer, illustrator and chara-designer who worked on series such as Ys, Streets of Rage, Actraiser and Thor.
The first 2 parts (out of 8) are now available and cover her time at Falcom.
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro/
VF :
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...
The first 2 parts (out of 8) are now available and cover her time at Falcom.
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro/
VF :
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...
January 25, 2026 at 11:12 AM
I wrote a series about Ayano Koshiro, a graphic designer, illustrator and chara-designer who worked on series such as Ys, Streets of Rage, Actraiser and Thor.
The first 2 parts (out of 8) are now available and cover her time at Falcom.
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro/
VF :
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...
The first 2 parts (out of 8) are now available and cover her time at Falcom.
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro/
VF :
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...
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This video shows how we developed games for the NES at Software Creations. PC-ED was our in-house IDE that we used to edit/build/deploy/debug our game code on a PC. This demonstration shows me loading up the 6502 source code for NES Wolverine - May 1991. Object code deployed to NES target dev kit.
January 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This video shows how we developed games for the NES at Software Creations. PC-ED was our in-house IDE that we used to edit/build/deploy/debug our game code on a PC. This demonstration shows me loading up the 6502 source code for NES Wolverine - May 1991. Object code deployed to NES target dev kit.
Buscando información sobre el primer RPG hecho en Japón, me he encontrado con una barrera interesante. Uno de los primeros títulos, Poibus Part 1, tiene una versión de PC-6001 que es bastante difícil de encontrar.
January 24, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Buscando información sobre el primer RPG hecho en Japón, me he encontrado con una barrera interesante. Uno de los primeros títulos, Poibus Part 1, tiene una versión de PC-6001 que es bastante difícil de encontrar.
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Hacía tiempo que no compartía una reseña, así que empiezo 2026 con una pequeña joya de la prehistoria japonesa, The Cheat backloggd.com/u/Tomgaar/re...
Tomgaar's review of The Cheat | Backloggd
Muy divertido. La mayoría de los juegos que se enviaron a Micom BASIC en sus años mozos eran menos demos y más bromas a expensas de la sociedad y las manías del desarrolladore particular, en este caso...
backloggd.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Hacía tiempo que no compartía una reseña, así que empiezo 2026 con una pequeña joya de la prehistoria japonesa, The Cheat backloggd.com/u/Tomgaar/re...
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You're going to want to do this. There's another video going around of ICE murdering a person in broad daylight.
to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
January 24, 2026 at 4:17 PM
You're going to want to do this. There's another video going around of ICE murdering a person in broad daylight.
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Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs
Turn it off, now.
Turn it off, now.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs
Turn it off, now.
Turn it off, now.
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As we do every year, we gathered creators in all positions related to animation as well as people passionate about art to share the works, old and new, that they've loved the most over the last year. It's finally time for the Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025! blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/23/s...
January 23, 2026 at 7:54 PM
As we do every year, we gathered creators in all positions related to animation as well as people passionate about art to share the works, old and new, that they've loved the most over the last year. It's finally time for the Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025! blog.sakugabooru.com/2026/01/23/s...
Hacía tiempo que no compartía una reseña, así que empiezo 2026 con una pequeña joya de la prehistoria japonesa, The Cheat backloggd.com/u/Tomgaar/re...
Tomgaar's review of The Cheat | Backloggd
Muy divertido. La mayoría de los juegos que se enviaron a Micom BASIC en sus años mozos eran menos demos y más bromas a expensas de la sociedad y las manías del desarrolladore particular, en este caso...
backloggd.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Hacía tiempo que no compartía una reseña, así que empiezo 2026 con una pequeña joya de la prehistoria japonesa, The Cheat backloggd.com/u/Tomgaar/re...
MHA: Aparece Re-Destro y el Frente de Liberación
YO: ooh, Horikoshi ha entrado oficialmente en su Chris Claremont era.
YO: ooh, Horikoshi ha entrado oficialmente en su Chris Claremont era.
January 24, 2026 at 10:06 AM
MHA: Aparece Re-Destro y el Frente de Liberación
YO: ooh, Horikoshi ha entrado oficialmente en su Chris Claremont era.
YO: ooh, Horikoshi ha entrado oficialmente en su Chris Claremont era.
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I am officially 37 years old today. If you want to get me something for it, buy any/all of the 20ish games that I have on sale for either yourself, to corrupt a friend, or to show someone that's been too chummy that you two aren't that close
itch.io/s/179084/bir...
itch.io/s/179084/bir...
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I am officially 37 years old today. If you want to get me something for it, buy any/all of the 20ish games that I have on sale for either yourself, to corrupt a friend, or to show someone that's been too chummy that you two aren't that close
itch.io/s/179084/bir...
itch.io/s/179084/bir...
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Bill Finger getting top billing on the Batman dc finest >>>>
January 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Bill Finger getting top billing on the Batman dc finest >>>>
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when i was doing my original Sounds from the Abyss mixes of weird game music i used to just google "worst videogame music" because you could always reliably count on the taste of gamers to be against something interesting
January 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM
when i was doing my original Sounds from the Abyss mixes of weird game music i used to just google "worst videogame music" because you could always reliably count on the taste of gamers to be against something interesting
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madoka silksong is back bsky.app/profile/denf...
『劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ〈ワルプルギスの廻天〉』公開延期へ。製作上の都合により
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260123q
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260123q
January 23, 2026 at 4:35 AM
madoka silksong is back bsky.app/profile/denf...
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a couple of days ago I said to a friend “I hope Gary Groth writes a Scott Adams obit for TCJ because it’d probably open like ‘Scott Adams is dead. Good riddance.’” anyway, today on TCJ, courtesy of Andrew Farago,
January 22, 2026 at 2:41 PM
a couple of days ago I said to a friend “I hope Gary Groth writes a Scott Adams obit for TCJ because it’d probably open like ‘Scott Adams is dead. Good riddance.’” anyway, today on TCJ, courtesy of Andrew Farago,
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Never has a bad performance. No one is ever disappointed when Delroy Lindo pops up on screen. Long overdue. Baller time
Delroy Lindo has finally received his first ever Oscar nomination for his performance in ‘SINNERS’
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Never has a bad performance. No one is ever disappointed when Delroy Lindo pops up on screen. Long overdue. Baller time
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ballet of ginseng agony
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 AM
ballet of ginseng agony
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Whatever you can make accessible, give it your all. You will learn that the most 'insignificant' piece of information is needed by someone and that any aspect of history is worth preserving. Post your art, your favorite movies, music, however you can, whenever you can ✌️
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Whatever you can make accessible, give it your all. You will learn that the most 'insignificant' piece of information is needed by someone and that any aspect of history is worth preserving. Post your art, your favorite movies, music, however you can, whenever you can ✌️
Until Dawn With Big Naturals.
Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals"
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Until Dawn With Big Naturals.
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This is a fundamentally different industry than mine. This is not criticism. This is not even journalism. This is marketing. You are a (unpaid) marketer. www.ign.com/articles/can...
Can We Stop Dunking on Highguard Before It's Even Out, Please? - IGN
Can we stop dunking on Highguard before it's even out, please?
www.ign.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 PM
This is a fundamentally different industry than mine. This is not criticism. This is not even journalism. This is marketing. You are a (unpaid) marketer. www.ign.com/articles/can...
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Sometimes you get to report on a win
Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback
The famed convention's organizers have banned AI from the art show.
www.404media.co
January 21, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Sometimes you get to report on a win
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i'm so sick of how games are advertising themselves as chill games to relax to. there's something deeply strange about how these games exist to be simply consumed, especially if players say the achievements are easy.
we need more stressful games. manage your resources or die trying!!!
we need more stressful games. manage your resources or die trying!!!
January 21, 2026 at 2:51 PM
i'm so sick of how games are advertising themselves as chill games to relax to. there's something deeply strange about how these games exist to be simply consumed, especially if players say the achievements are easy.
we need more stressful games. manage your resources or die trying!!!
we need more stressful games. manage your resources or die trying!!!