Victor Navarro-Remesal
@vthewanderer.bsky.social
Media Studies, Games scholar, Humanities human
Lecturer at TecnoCampus, UPF (Barcelona)
Founding member of @DIGRASpain
Director de la colección Ludografías.
Co-president of the History of Games conference.
I also do my own stunts.
www.vnavarro.eu
Lecturer at TecnoCampus, UPF (Barcelona)
Founding member of @DIGRASpain
Director de la colección Ludografías.
Co-president of the History of Games conference.
I also do my own stunts.
www.vnavarro.eu
Pinned
A thread on ZEN AND SLOW GAMES (MIT Press, 2026)
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Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy 1+2+3 is free on GOG buff.ly/dxAHgsM
Direct link to redeem on GOG (must be logged in) buff.ly/3NLY1O8
Direct link to redeem on GOG (must be logged in) buff.ly/3NLY1O8
February 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy 1+2+3 is free on GOG buff.ly/dxAHgsM
Direct link to redeem on GOG (must be logged in) buff.ly/3NLY1O8
Direct link to redeem on GOG (must be logged in) buff.ly/3NLY1O8
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Ya disponible la primera entrada de #PantomimasLuminosas, mi newsletter sobre animación.
El día 15, otro. ¡Subscríbete!
open.substack.com/pub/pantomim...
El día 15, otro. ¡Subscríbete!
open.substack.com/pub/pantomim...
Entre la abstracción y la mímesis
La animación como forma(s)
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Ya disponible la primera entrada de #PantomimasLuminosas, mi newsletter sobre animación.
El día 15, otro. ¡Subscríbete!
open.substack.com/pub/pantomim...
El día 15, otro. ¡Subscríbete!
open.substack.com/pub/pantomim...
Ya disponible la primera entrada de #PantomimasLuminosas, mi newsletter sobre animación.
El día 15, otro. ¡Subscríbete!
open.substack.com/pub/pantomim...
El día 15, otro. ¡Subscríbete!
open.substack.com/pub/pantomim...
Entre la abstracción y la mímesis
La animación como forma(s)
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Ya disponible la primera entrada de #PantomimasLuminosas, mi newsletter sobre animación.
El día 15, otro. ¡Subscríbete!
open.substack.com/pub/pantomim...
El día 15, otro. ¡Subscríbete!
open.substack.com/pub/pantomim...
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ABIDE KickStarter is LIVE NOW! We need your support to make cool things happen! www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
February 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
ABIDE KickStarter is LIVE NOW! We need your support to make cool things happen! www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
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🚨Annonce : mon premier livre sur le jeu vidéo sort le 6 février !
📘 TRAVAIL VIDÉOLUDIQUE, TRAVAIL IDYLLIQUE ?
La condition des travailleuses et travailleurs du jeu vidéo (éditions LOCO)
Les partages sont appréciés et mes DM sont bien sûr ouverts ! Pour les détails, ça se passe là-dessous👇
📘 TRAVAIL VIDÉOLUDIQUE, TRAVAIL IDYLLIQUE ?
La condition des travailleuses et travailleurs du jeu vidéo (éditions LOCO)
Les partages sont appréciés et mes DM sont bien sûr ouverts ! Pour les détails, ça se passe là-dessous👇
January 20, 2026 at 4:27 PM
🚨Annonce : mon premier livre sur le jeu vidéo sort le 6 février !
📘 TRAVAIL VIDÉOLUDIQUE, TRAVAIL IDYLLIQUE ?
La condition des travailleuses et travailleurs du jeu vidéo (éditions LOCO)
Les partages sont appréciés et mes DM sont bien sûr ouverts ! Pour les détails, ça se passe là-dessous👇
📘 TRAVAIL VIDÉOLUDIQUE, TRAVAIL IDYLLIQUE ?
La condition des travailleuses et travailleurs du jeu vidéo (éditions LOCO)
Les partages sont appréciés et mes DM sont bien sûr ouverts ! Pour les détails, ça se passe là-dessous👇
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BELLA, dirigida por Manuel H. Martín y Amparo Martínez, ganó anoche el Premio Carmen a Mejor largometraje de animación.
Este viernes publicaremos un episodio Especial Animación que incluye una entrevista a Amparo Martínez.
Suscríbete ya a #exigenciasdelguión en tu plataforma de pódcast favorita.
Este viernes publicaremos un episodio Especial Animación que incluye una entrevista a Amparo Martínez.
Suscríbete ya a #exigenciasdelguión en tu plataforma de pódcast favorita.
February 1, 2026 at 11:27 AM
BELLA, dirigida por Manuel H. Martín y Amparo Martínez, ganó anoche el Premio Carmen a Mejor largometraje de animación.
Este viernes publicaremos un episodio Especial Animación que incluye una entrevista a Amparo Martínez.
Suscríbete ya a #exigenciasdelguión en tu plataforma de pódcast favorita.
Este viernes publicaremos un episodio Especial Animación que incluye una entrevista a Amparo Martínez.
Suscríbete ya a #exigenciasdelguión en tu plataforma de pódcast favorita.
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This is an ad for Sound Novel Tsukuru 2, a tool for making games similar to Chunsoft's sound novels. Ryukishi07 actually attempted to make his own novel game using this software on the Sega Saturn. This experience began the domino effect that eventually led to him creating Higurashi years later.
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This is an ad for Sound Novel Tsukuru 2, a tool for making games similar to Chunsoft's sound novels. Ryukishi07 actually attempted to make his own novel game using this software on the Sega Saturn. This experience began the domino effect that eventually led to him creating Higurashi years later.
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Que si tenemos que prohibir el bar nazi en Europa.
Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced…
economist.com/britain/2026...
economist.com/britain/2026...
January 31, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Que si tenemos que prohibir el bar nazi en Europa.
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The fact that the US has become the most powerful, wealthiest, most successful nation on earth doing exactly what he condemns is just remarkable, isn’t it?
Makes you wonder.
Makes you wonder.
January 31, 2026 at 7:08 PM
The fact that the US has become the most powerful, wealthiest, most successful nation on earth doing exactly what he condemns is just remarkable, isn’t it?
Makes you wonder.
Makes you wonder.
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In the 90th episode of GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, we journey all the way back to 1984 to discuss the first published textbook on video game development, Atari legend Chris Crawford's pointed, prescient, and idiosyncratic THE ART OF COMPUTER GAME DESIGN: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/31/9...
January 31, 2026 at 3:21 PM
In the 90th episode of GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, we journey all the way back to 1984 to discuss the first published textbook on video game development, Atari legend Chris Crawford's pointed, prescient, and idiosyncratic THE ART OF COMPUTER GAME DESIGN: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/31/9...
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I taught a video making class last semester and I can confirm that getting students to pay attention even to *contemporary animated shorts* is getting more challenging every year.
I like the "slow cinema" approach. Reclaiming our attention is a skill we can and should teach.
(now with gift link)
I like the "slow cinema" approach. Reclaiming our attention is a skill we can and should teach.
(now with gift link)
The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I taught a video making class last semester and I can confirm that getting students to pay attention even to *contemporary animated shorts* is getting more challenging every year.
I like the "slow cinema" approach. Reclaiming our attention is a skill we can and should teach.
(now with gift link)
I like the "slow cinema" approach. Reclaiming our attention is a skill we can and should teach.
(now with gift link)
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Happy birthday to Kenzaburo Oe (1935-2023).
Oe was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today".
Learn more about Oe (and Yukio Mishima) with the RJL podcast.
Oe was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today".
Learn more about Oe (and Yukio Mishima) with the RJL podcast.
Episode 13—The Literature of Change in the 1960s (Mishima and Oe) - Read Japanese Literature
The literature of change in the 1960s How writers took on questions about what it meant to be Japanese in the post-war era and what was the continuing role of Japanese tradition. We’re looking especi…
https://readjapaneseliterature.com/Podcast/Episode+13—The+Literature+of+Change+in+the+1960s+(Mishima+and+Oe)
January 31, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Happy birthday to Kenzaburo Oe (1935-2023).
Oe was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today".
Learn more about Oe (and Yukio Mishima) with the RJL podcast.
Oe was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today".
Learn more about Oe (and Yukio Mishima) with the RJL podcast.
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Kyoto (Deae Tonosama: Appare Ichiban, SNES, Sunsoft, 1995)
January 31, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Kyoto (Deae Tonosama: Appare Ichiban, SNES, Sunsoft, 1995)
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On a trend us film professors have seen. Free link to “The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films” from THE ATLANTIC yesterday.
archive.ph/GFWzW
archive.ph/GFWzW
January 31, 2026 at 5:43 AM
On a trend us film professors have seen. Free link to “The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films” from THE ATLANTIC yesterday.
archive.ph/GFWzW
archive.ph/GFWzW
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Do you need to feel smug? Because reading about these AI disasters will scratch that itch.
A.I. Is Causing Meltdowns in American Offices. It’s Only Getting Worse.
A.I. and ChatGPT were supposed to revolutionize work. They’re only creating chaos.
slate.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Do you need to feel smug? Because reading about these AI disasters will scratch that itch.
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Hawaii (Slipstream 5000, DOS, The Software Refinery, 1995)
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Hawaii (Slipstream 5000, DOS, The Software Refinery, 1995)
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Sad news about Catherine O’Hara. So many good roles but my favorite was Gail in AFTER HOURS where she packs so many great moments in maybe 5-10 minutes of screen time.
January 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Sad news about Catherine O’Hara. So many good roles but my favorite was Gail in AFTER HOURS where she packs so many great moments in maybe 5-10 minutes of screen time.
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SHADOWDROP: Nuevo episodio de Ludens, con @vthewanderer.bsky.social para hablar de su último libro, Zen and Slow Games. Disponible en Spotify y Apple Podcasts - www.spreaker.com/episode/18-c...
#18 Con Víctor Navarro Remesal sobre Zen and Slow Games - Ludens
www.spreaker.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:18 PM
SHADOWDROP: Nuevo episodio de Ludens, con @vthewanderer.bsky.social para hablar de su último libro, Zen and Slow Games. Disponible en Spotify y Apple Podcasts - www.spreaker.com/episode/18-c...
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Mortadelo y Filemón llegan a PlayStation, Xbox y Nintendo Switch.
La aventura gráfica de los 90 cuenta desde hoy con una nueva versión para consolas y en varios idiomas.
Entrevisto a Luís García @shinyuden.bsky.social sobre la localización al japonés. 👇
www.lavanguardia.com/neo/20260130...
La aventura gráfica de los 90 cuenta desde hoy con una nueva versión para consolas y en varios idiomas.
Entrevisto a Luís García @shinyuden.bsky.social sobre la localización al japonés. 👇
www.lavanguardia.com/neo/20260130...
January 30, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Mortadelo y Filemón llegan a PlayStation, Xbox y Nintendo Switch.
La aventura gráfica de los 90 cuenta desde hoy con una nueva versión para consolas y en varios idiomas.
Entrevisto a Luís García @shinyuden.bsky.social sobre la localización al japonés. 👇
www.lavanguardia.com/neo/20260130...
La aventura gráfica de los 90 cuenta desde hoy con una nueva versión para consolas y en varios idiomas.
Entrevisto a Luís García @shinyuden.bsky.social sobre la localización al japonés. 👇
www.lavanguardia.com/neo/20260130...
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(Disclaimer: ‘ethical’ ai has been in use in game studios since the Amiga. The modern use of LLMs requires such large training volumes that it’s not so much clean, as laundered)
January 30, 2026 at 10:11 AM
(Disclaimer: ‘ethical’ ai has been in use in game studios since the Amiga. The modern use of LLMs requires such large training volumes that it’s not so much clean, as laundered)
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thats a wrap on video games as a hobby folks, we need to use the entire world’s supply of RAM and processors for the email summary and plagiarism machine
This looks bad, right? But here is the thing... ITS WORSE
This survey only reached a narrow selection of respondents. Notably cut anybody who has been unemployed for too long. Mostly just ppl who can afford to attend GDC. Many laid off before 2025 are still looking!
variety.com/2026/gaming/...
This survey only reached a narrow selection of respondents. Notably cut anybody who has been unemployed for too long. Mostly just ppl who can afford to attend GDC. Many laid off before 2025 are still looking!
variety.com/2026/gaming/...
One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off in 2025, GDC Study Reveals
One-third of U.S. video game industry workers say they were laid off last year, according to GDC.
variety.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:08 PM
thats a wrap on video games as a hobby folks, we need to use the entire world’s supply of RAM and processors for the email summary and plagiarism machine