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
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Recopilació de la meva secció al programa El món de Cambrils, on parlem d'animació en totes les seves formes (cinema, tele, videojocs…).
One of my favourite games of all time. I adore Miyazawa.
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
One of my favourite games of all time. I adore Miyazawa.
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Added it to the bottom here
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Added it to the bottom here
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El plan de claudicación para Ucrania propuesto por EEUU indica quién manda ahora:
"La creación de un Fondo de Desarrollo de Ucrania para invertir en industrias de rápido crecimiento, incluidas la tecnología, los centros de datos y la inteligencia artificial".
www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...
"La creación de un Fondo de Desarrollo de Ucrania para invertir en industrias de rápido crecimiento, incluidas la tecnología, los centros de datos y la inteligencia artificial".
www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...
Los 28 puntos del plan propuesto por Estados Unidos para la paz entre Rusia y Ucrania
La propuesta, aún por negociar, incluye estrictas concesiones para Ucrania y un acuerdo global de no agresión entre Rusia y Europa
www.lavanguardia.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
El plan de claudicación para Ucrania propuesto por EEUU indica quién manda ahora:
"La creación de un Fondo de Desarrollo de Ucrania para invertir en industrias de rápido crecimiento, incluidas la tecnología, los centros de datos y la inteligencia artificial".
www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...
"La creación de un Fondo de Desarrollo de Ucrania para invertir en industrias de rápido crecimiento, incluidas la tecnología, los centros de datos y la inteligencia artificial".
www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...
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¡Maldito seas, hemisferio izquierdo! ¡Ojalá no hubieras existido jamás! ¿Por qué está afirmación es una falacia sin sentido científico?
Fuente principal
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Fuente principal
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
¡Maldito seas, hemisferio izquierdo! ¡Ojalá no hubieras existido jamás! ¿Por qué está afirmación es una falacia sin sentido científico?
Fuente principal
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Fuente principal
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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In the latest episode of Unpacked, @nickjcal.bsky.social looks into why it seems like the only people really championing AI in game development are the ones who'll profit from it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwbs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwbs...
Don’t Let the Gaming Executives Normalize AI | Unpacked
YouTube video by Second Wind
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In the latest episode of Unpacked, @nickjcal.bsky.social looks into why it seems like the only people really championing AI in game development are the ones who'll profit from it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwbs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwbs...
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"The reason that I say [Big Car is] an existential threat, and it still is, is that cars kill an exorbitant number of people. There's no other industry in the world that kills the number of people that cars do that are allowed to call it an 'accident.'" —David Obst
Since the invention of the car, somewhere between 54 and 69 million people have died in traffic crashes. And that's not even considering the effects of air pollution and car-related lead exposure.
@jessimckenzi.bsky.social interviews David Obst about his new book, "Saving Ourselves From Big Car."
@jessimckenzi.bsky.social interviews David Obst about his new book, "Saving Ourselves From Big Car."
How 'Big Car' poses an existential threat to humanity
While Big Car kills many of us quickly, it is killing more of us slowly, by polluting the environment, warming the Earth, sowing misinformation and doubt about climate…
thebulletin.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"The reason that I say [Big Car is] an existential threat, and it still is, is that cars kill an exorbitant number of people. There's no other industry in the world that kills the number of people that cars do that are allowed to call it an 'accident.'" —David Obst
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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Self-replicating cars cause the apocalypse
From: Automania 2000 (1963), dir. John Halas, Halas & Batchelor
From: Automania 2000 (1963), dir. John Halas, Halas & Batchelor
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Self-replicating cars cause the apocalypse
From: Automania 2000 (1963), dir. John Halas, Halas & Batchelor
From: Automania 2000 (1963), dir. John Halas, Halas & Batchelor
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The Spring Seminar 2026 CfP is out now! This time, the theme is “Events and Communities”. Please have a look at the full CfP on the Spring Seminar website: springseminar.org/2026-call-fo...
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere.
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere.
2026 | Call for Papers
Events are at the heart of game and play cultures. They are organized for many reasons and purposes, bringing people together to play, socialize, compete, learn and teach, network, sell, perform, c…
springseminar.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Spring Seminar 2026 CfP is out now! This time, the theme is “Events and Communities”. Please have a look at the full CfP on the Spring Seminar website: springseminar.org/2026-call-fo...
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere.
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere.
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Next up in our music game series: a big profile of Sound Fantasy and Electroplankton creator Toshio Iwai, based on a three-hour call with @radishgames.com.
Toshio Iwai's journey from Sound Fantasy to Electroplankton
We profile the artist behind two of Nintendo's attempts at making experimental music games in the '90s and early 2000s -- one a canceled Super Famicom game based on musical insects, and the other a Ni...
www.designroom.site
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Next up in our music game series: a big profile of Sound Fantasy and Electroplankton creator Toshio Iwai, based on a three-hour call with @radishgames.com.
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Justo mientras cae Cloudfare y con ello medio internet, en el trabajo están dando una charla sobre computación cuántica y cómo es el futuro y la panacea esto, que nos va a curar todos los males y solucionar todos los problemas.
Ya sabéis de qué será la siguiente burbuja.
Ya sabéis de qué será la siguiente burbuja.
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Justo mientras cae Cloudfare y con ello medio internet, en el trabajo están dando una charla sobre computación cuántica y cómo es el futuro y la panacea esto, que nos va a curar todos los males y solucionar todos los problemas.
Ya sabéis de qué será la siguiente burbuja.
Ya sabéis de qué será la siguiente burbuja.
La semana que viene celebraremos un evento online cruzado entre @historyofgames.bsky.social y @digraspain.bsky.social dedicado a la historia del videojuego en España.
Si te interesa, puedes apuntarte como público en este formulario: forms.gle/q1BxGqGVEseV...
Si te interesa, puedes apuntarte como público en este formulario: forms.gle/q1BxGqGVEseV...
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
La semana que viene celebraremos un evento online cruzado entre @historyofgames.bsky.social y @digraspain.bsky.social dedicado a la historia del videojuego en España.
Si te interesa, puedes apuntarte como público en este formulario: forms.gle/q1BxGqGVEseV...
Si te interesa, puedes apuntarte como público en este formulario: forms.gle/q1BxGqGVEseV...
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More from Your Daily Dracula – Kaneta Kimotsuki, Kaibutsu-kun: Kaibutsu Land e no Shoutai(Monster Kid: Invitation to Monster Land) (1981)
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
More from Your Daily Dracula – Kaneta Kimotsuki, Kaibutsu-kun: Kaibutsu Land e no Shoutai(Monster Kid: Invitation to Monster Land) (1981)
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Hi I wrote about the Sega Master System and how it’s been criminally overlooked because everyone goes on about the NES like it was the only 8bit console in the world look don’t get me started
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Master System at 40: the truth about Sega’s most underrated console
Forty years ago, the Nintendo Entertainment System dominated the markets in Japan and the US. But in Europe, a technologically superior rival was making it look like an ancient relic
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Hi I wrote about the Sega Master System and how it’s been criminally overlooked because everyone goes on about the NES like it was the only 8bit console in the world look don’t get me started
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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Tampere Game Research Lab Spring Seminar is on the horizon again. This will be out 22nd annual game studies work in progress seminar. The theme is different each year, this time it is Events and Communities.
Check out the CFP.
Check out the CFP.
2026 | Call for Papers
Events are at the heart of game and play cultures. They are organized for many reasons and purposes, bringing people together to play, socialize, compete, learn and teach, network, sell, perform, c…
springseminar.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Tampere Game Research Lab Spring Seminar is on the horizon again. This will be out 22nd annual game studies work in progress seminar. The theme is different each year, this time it is Events and Communities.
Check out the CFP.
Check out the CFP.
Reposted by Victor Navarro-Remesal
The Spring Seminar 2026 CfP is out now: springseminar.org/2026-call-fo... This time, the theme is “Events and Communities”.
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere by Tampere University Game Research Lab (@ gameresearchlab.bsky.social)
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere by Tampere University Game Research Lab (@ gameresearchlab.bsky.social)
2026 | Call for Papers
Events are at the heart of game and play cultures. They are organized for many reasons and purposes, bringing people together to play, socialize, compete, learn and teach, network, sell, perform, c…
springseminar.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The Spring Seminar 2026 CfP is out now: springseminar.org/2026-call-fo... This time, the theme is “Events and Communities”.
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere by Tampere University Game Research Lab (@ gameresearchlab.bsky.social)
⏰Abstract submission deadline is 14 January 2026.
📍The seminar is organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Tampere by Tampere University Game Research Lab (@ gameresearchlab.bsky.social)
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Que hasta la gente que odia las Big Tech utilicen el producto de las Big Tech es precisamente uno de los objetivos que tienen. Ningún daño se le va a causar a OpenAI porque un sindicato utilice ChatGPT.
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Que hasta la gente que odia las Big Tech utilicen el producto de las Big Tech es precisamente uno de los objetivos que tienen. Ningún daño se le va a causar a OpenAI porque un sindicato utilice ChatGPT.
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Japanese TV commercial for Sonic Mega Collection on Nintendo GameCube in 2002 (it also came to a bunch of other stuff). According to an interview with Yojiro Ogawa, this compilation was meant to infect children with the curse of Sonic: cube.gamespy.com/articles/635...
#gaming #retro #Sega 🎮
#gaming #retro #Sega 🎮
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Japanese TV commercial for Sonic Mega Collection on Nintendo GameCube in 2002 (it also came to a bunch of other stuff). According to an interview with Yojiro Ogawa, this compilation was meant to infect children with the curse of Sonic: cube.gamespy.com/articles/635...
#gaming #retro #Sega 🎮
#gaming #retro #Sega 🎮
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Mientras muchos siguen ocupados en dejarse deslumbrar por la IA generativa de turno, a ver quién la tiene más hiperrealista que el otro, se avanza en el camino hacia el colapso energético poniendo en riesgo otros sectores de producción y hasta la calefacción de los hogares.
🛑 STOP GEN AI
🛑 STOP GEN AI
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Mientras muchos siguen ocupados en dejarse deslumbrar por la IA generativa de turno, a ver quién la tiene más hiperrealista que el otro, se avanza en el camino hacia el colapso energético poniendo en riesgo otros sectores de producción y hasta la calefacción de los hogares.
🛑 STOP GEN AI
🛑 STOP GEN AI
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"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
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La DGT sube una imagen en la revista. Legible y de buena calidad.
El Ministerio este se la baja, la reescala con IA, borra la fuente, hace que se vea peor que la original y no la revisan antes de colgarla.
Es tan buen ejemplo de lo que hace la IA que me parece hasta comedia involuntaria.
El Ministerio este se la baja, la reescala con IA, borra la fuente, hace que se vea peor que la original y no la revisan antes de colgarla.
Es tan buen ejemplo de lo que hace la IA que me parece hasta comedia involuntaria.
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
La DGT sube una imagen en la revista. Legible y de buena calidad.
El Ministerio este se la baja, la reescala con IA, borra la fuente, hace que se vea peor que la original y no la revisan antes de colgarla.
Es tan buen ejemplo de lo que hace la IA que me parece hasta comedia involuntaria.
El Ministerio este se la baja, la reescala con IA, borra la fuente, hace que se vea peor que la original y no la revisan antes de colgarla.
Es tan buen ejemplo de lo que hace la IA que me parece hasta comedia involuntaria.
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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dance dance revolution, warning screen, playstation (2001) www.mobygames.com/game/3794/da...
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
dance dance revolution, warning screen, playstation (2001) www.mobygames.com/game/3794/da...