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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Diario de juegos 28-11-2025
Noviembre de tareas, noviembre de frío, noviembre de juegos. Muchas propuestas interesantes, pero este mes he podido encontrar algunas obras de hace varios años que creo que merecen más atención. 1…
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Que casi no lo publico! Selección de juegos de noviembre, disponible ya en el blog. Algunas obras de envergadura como Our Wonderland, y otras pequeñas pero intensas como Voicemail: Laura laeradelvideojuego.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/d...
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From the surveillance dystopia to tech overlords, here's a 🧵 of stories where we saw our reporting lead to change, thanks to your support.
First: A databroker that sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to the government shut down following months-long 404 Media reporting:
First: A databroker that sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to the government shut down following months-long 404 Media reporting:
Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
www.404media.co
January 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
From the surveillance dystopia to tech overlords, here's a 🧵 of stories where we saw our reporting lead to change, thanks to your support.
First: A databroker that sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to the government shut down following months-long 404 Media reporting:
First: A databroker that sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to the government shut down following months-long 404 Media reporting:
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Última selección de 2025, primera de 2026, y última durante un tiempo hasta que no tenga avanzado un proyecto que llevaba mucho tiempo pendiente. Más datos en el blog!
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Diario de juegos 02-01-2026
Feliz año nuevo. Tengo un anuncio importante que hacer. Esta será la última entrada que haga en una temporada. Mi objetivo es centrarme de una vez en escribir algunos textos que tengo pendientes y …
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January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Última selección de 2025, primera de 2026, y última durante un tiempo hasta que no tenga avanzado un proyecto que llevaba mucho tiempo pendiente. Más datos en el blog!
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Decolonising the Dungeon Crawl---
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
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Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
January 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Decolonising the Dungeon Crawl---
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
Like everything else re: decolonisation and TTRPGs discourse, this is a solved problem. There's only metric that matters:
How many creators from the colonised world are participating in and able to make a living from their games?
That's *it*.
1/
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David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
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best reasons to make art:
#1. horny
#2. you found something weird and fucked up inside yourself and you want to work through it
#3. angry.
#4. all of the above at once.
#1. horny
#2. you found something weird and fucked up inside yourself and you want to work through it
#3. angry.
#4. all of the above at once.
January 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
best reasons to make art:
#1. horny
#2. you found something weird and fucked up inside yourself and you want to work through it
#3. angry.
#4. all of the above at once.
#1. horny
#2. you found something weird and fucked up inside yourself and you want to work through it
#3. angry.
#4. all of the above at once.
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I expect game decompilations and N64 Recompiled to be one of the big topics in the retro scene this year, so I've launched an ongoing project: keeping track of them on a page that's as nicely laid and useful out as I can make it!
Decompilation projects and N64 Recompiled PC ports (Jan 2026)
A guide to the playable and upcoming retro game decomps and recompilations, updated monthly.
readonlymemo.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I expect game decompilations and N64 Recompiled to be one of the big topics in the retro scene this year, so I've launched an ongoing project: keeping track of them on a page that's as nicely laid and useful out as I can make it!
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Just called my partner a derpina and she said where did you learn to talk like that and I had to lie and say books
January 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Just called my partner a derpina and she said where did you learn to talk like that and I had to lie and say books
Bueno, Microsoft ha cambiado la licencia que tenía con nuestra universidad y ha cortado acceso al personal para que pueda usarlo en su ordenador. Llevaba un tiempo usando WPS, pero me molesta la cantidad de publicidad que suelta. Podríais recomendar alguna alternativa interesante? Gracias!
January 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Bueno, Microsoft ha cambiado la licencia que tenía con nuestra universidad y ha cortado acceso al personal para que pueda usarlo en su ordenador. Llevaba un tiempo usando WPS, pero me molesta la cantidad de publicidad que suelta. Podríais recomendar alguna alternativa interesante? Gracias!
Ann Nocenti, la mejor autora de comics de los años 80.
Para sorpresa de nadie, se trata de un #cómic escrito por nuestra querida @annienocenti.bsky.social hace 35 añitos de nada.
Los cómics de antes no se metían en política.
January 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Ann Nocenti, la mejor autora de comics de los años 80.
Un poco de dosis de Cory Doctorow para está mañana de domingo youtu.be/39jsstmmUUs?...
A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025)
YouTube video by corydoctorow
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Un poco de dosis de Cory Doctorow para está mañana de domingo youtu.be/39jsstmmUUs?...
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‼️A German hacker known as "Martha Root" dressed as a pink Power Ranger and deleted a white supremacist dating website live onstage
This happened during the recent CCC conference.
This happened during the recent CCC conference.
January 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
‼️A German hacker known as "Martha Root" dressed as a pink Power Ranger and deleted a white supremacist dating website live onstage
This happened during the recent CCC conference.
This happened during the recent CCC conference.
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honestly gotta be said, ZSNES gotta be in the top 5 best UIs ive ever seen for a piece of software. this was magical to me was a young kid playing toy story and top gear
Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 🎶
The totally valid SNES nostalgia for a generation. And the gateway to Onett, Narshe, and Porre I'll always be grateful for. 💜
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 🎶
The totally valid SNES nostalgia for a generation. And the gateway to Onett, Narshe, and Porre I'll always be grateful for. 💜
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
honestly gotta be said, ZSNES gotta be in the top 5 best UIs ive ever seen for a piece of software. this was magical to me was a young kid playing toy story and top gear
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“He was a dictator” fat nazis in plate carriers abduct your neighbors from the parking lot of target and send them to gulags.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 PM
“He was a dictator” fat nazis in plate carriers abduct your neighbors from the parking lot of target and send them to gulags.
En momentos como estos, con lo que llevamos andado la mayoría, no necesitamos ver quién derrocha más virtud señalando que se puede criticar a Maduro y a Trump al mismo tiempo. Se puede expresar horror ante lo pasado en Venezuela, incluso indignación, y no tener miedo a apoyar al dictador incorrecto.
January 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
En momentos como estos, con lo que llevamos andado la mayoría, no necesitamos ver quién derrocha más virtud señalando que se puede criticar a Maduro y a Trump al mismo tiempo. Se puede expresar horror ante lo pasado en Venezuela, incluso indignación, y no tener miedo a apoyar al dictador incorrecto.
Convencido de que, en el universo de la Liga de los Hombres Extraordinarios, Willy Wonka fue la gran cabeza pensante tras MK Ultra.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Convencido de que, en el universo de la Liga de los Hombres Extraordinarios, Willy Wonka fue la gran cabeza pensante tras MK Ultra.
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
Chicos, es muy importante desescalar la situación si queremos que las cosas vuelvan a la normalidad. Por eso os pido que pongáis a Maduro y a Trump (y ya que estamos, a Hamas y Gadaffi y a Irán) en el mismo saco.
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Chicos, es muy importante desescalar la situación si queremos que las cosas vuelvan a la normalidad. Por eso os pido que pongáis a Maduro y a Trump (y ya que estamos, a Hamas y Gadaffi y a Irán) en el mismo saco.
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A BBS for the 90s: Excalibur.
As the fledgling World Wide Web matured, BBS's found themselves with a dilemma: do they stay the same or do they evolve? Excalibur, launched in 1993, was one of those that embraced a new Web-inspired GUI, hyperlinks, acting as that bridge between the two worlds.
As the fledgling World Wide Web matured, BBS's found themselves with a dilemma: do they stay the same or do they evolve? Excalibur, launched in 1993, was one of those that embraced a new Web-inspired GUI, hyperlinks, acting as that bridge between the two worlds.
January 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
A BBS for the 90s: Excalibur.
As the fledgling World Wide Web matured, BBS's found themselves with a dilemma: do they stay the same or do they evolve? Excalibur, launched in 1993, was one of those that embraced a new Web-inspired GUI, hyperlinks, acting as that bridge between the two worlds.
As the fledgling World Wide Web matured, BBS's found themselves with a dilemma: do they stay the same or do they evolve? Excalibur, launched in 1993, was one of those that embraced a new Web-inspired GUI, hyperlinks, acting as that bridge between the two worlds.
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I think a lot about this bit by Kazuya Niinou about how an RPG can be one thing on your screen and another thing in your brain
January 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I think a lot about this bit by Kazuya Niinou about how an RPG can be one thing on your screen and another thing in your brain
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De verdad que no doy crédito. Cuanto mayor es la barbarie, menos importa. Qué cojones dice España de "desescalar". Por qué están todos fingiendo demencia como si esto no fuera una invasión en toda regla anunciada a bombo y platillo. Por qué da todo igual.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
De verdad que no doy crédito. Cuanto mayor es la barbarie, menos importa. Qué cojones dice España de "desescalar". Por qué están todos fingiendo demencia como si esto no fuera una invasión en toda regla anunciada a bombo y platillo. Por qué da todo igual.
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what is the *true* purpose of that "freedom", as it's been articulated by the american apparatus, not in word, but in deed? and if the words do not seem to justify the deeds, which one of them is the one that belies the truth of the other more: the heart-tugging words, or the heart-breaking deeds?
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
what is the *true* purpose of that "freedom", as it's been articulated by the american apparatus, not in word, but in deed? and if the words do not seem to justify the deeds, which one of them is the one that belies the truth of the other more: the heart-tugging words, or the heart-breaking deeds?
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pasolini once said, the only people in the world who know what it feels like to experience absolute freedom are tyrants. i think about that aphorism often, especially in contexts like this. it raises a terrible specter: if the purpose of a system is what it does, what is the purpose of "freedom"?
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
pasolini once said, the only people in the world who know what it feels like to experience absolute freedom are tyrants. i think about that aphorism often, especially in contexts like this. it raises a terrible specter: if the purpose of a system is what it does, what is the purpose of "freedom"?