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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
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A thread on ZEN AND SLOW GAMES (MIT Press, 2026)
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Vuelvo a la tribuna del Diari de Tarragona.

Hoy: IA generativa, amianto digital.

No, las herramientas nunca son neutras. A veces, no hay usos buenos.

No, la IAG no es eficacísima (y es más peligrosa por inútil que por avanzada).

No, la tecnología no es imparable.
February 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Pasado mañana daremos una vuelta al tema de los videojuegos como animación, con unos cuantos colegas académicos en el TecnoCampus de Mataró. Ganas de compartir ideas y enfoques de investigación. Nos reúne @vthewanderer.bsky.social.
February 4, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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As you may know, we are running a conference on games, play, and climate futures in May at the ITU Copenhagen: playingfutures.today
Some news: the deadline for abstracts has been extended to February 20th. Now you have no excuses left not to submit!
Playing Futures
Playing Futures is a conference about the role of games and play during and after the impending climate and energy catastrophes. The goal of the conference is to serve as a meeting point for the commu...
playingfutures.today
February 4, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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Be a part of the ABIDE KickStarter and help fund one of the most unique games ever conceived! Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
February 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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Your Daily Dracula – Akumujo Dracula – Boku Dracula (Kid Dracula Devil Castle Dracula – I Am Kid Dracula) (1990)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyQ0...
Kid Dracula / Devil Castle Special: I Am Kid Dracula (Short) Japanese Commercial
YouTube video by 83Chrisaaron
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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CATALUNYA | El nombre d’empreses emergents de videojocs a Catalunya augmenta un 35% en cinc anys
📰 ludica.cat/empreses-eme...
Catalunya és la regió líder de la Unió Europea en captació de projectes, inversió estrangera i creació d’ocupació en la indústria del videojoc.
El nombre d'empreses emergents de videojocs a Catalunya augmenta un 35% en cinc anys
Catalunya és la regió líder de la UE en captació de projectes, inversió estrangera i creació d’ocupació en la indústria del videojoc.
ludica.cat
February 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and the data center down the road causes power outages every couple days. But at least now I have an AI-based avatar to help me with my healthcare.
February 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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New blog from me on why I don't get on with modern shooters.

Featuring Highguard, @vthewanderer.bsky.social"s wonderful new book on Zen Games, and Star Wars Dark Forces II.

killjoy.bearblog.dev/john-highgua...
JOHN HIGHGUARD HAS COME UNSTUCK IN TIME.
John Highguard has come unstuck in time. John has gone to sleep a consummate gamer and awakened arthritic. He vaulted into a mech in 2017 and landed on a...
killjoy.bearblog.dev
February 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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📢 THE DARK RITES OF ARKHAM is OUT! 📢

Join detectives Foster and Whitman as they unravel a ritual murder that opens the door to an ancient conspiracy and an eldritch cosmic horror.

Available on Steam and Itch, 10% off first 2 weeks!!

store.steampowered.com/app/3566870/The_Dark_Rites_of_Arkham
February 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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The difference between X and Moltbook is that X has a bunch of journalists and political consultants who still think the bots are people.
February 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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A favor.

También las regularía para adultos con la misma filosofía que usamos para regular productos tóxicos como el tabaco, la verdad.
España prohibirá el acceso a las redes sociales a los menores de 16 años

"Se han convertido en un lugar donde se ignoran las leyes, se toleran delitos, la desinformación vale más que la verdad y la mitad de los usuarios sufren ataques de odio" www.eldiario.es/politica/san...
February 3, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Hola gente! Me paso por aquí para comentar que mi tesis doctoral ya está disponible online! Es un trabajo sobre videojuegos de estrategia y sus características ideológicas.

Se puede descargar aquí, y te cuento por qué deberías hacerlo!

ruidera.uclm.es/items/846dda...
February 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Sequel to Japan’s “worst game ever made” released on itch. io following rejection from Steam, GOG, and DLsite

automaton-media.com/en/news/sequ...
Sequel to Japan's "worst game ever made" released on itch.io following rejection from Steam, GOG, and DLsite - AUTOMATON WEST
The official sequel to the infamous bootleg SNES game Hong Kong 97 has finally launched on itch.io after rejections from other platforms.
automaton-media.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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I proudly present another release of a former lost media: Multispy.
This is a 1998 advergame for the Fiat Multipla (ew), a bunch of minigames connected by adventure-game-like parts and lots of weird/kinda racist humour.
But it has tons of style and can be played in multiple languages.
Link 👇
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Super excited to share this! What a great topic, a great host, and a great team!

Hope to see you in Hong Kong!
And our CfP is out!

History of Games 2026: The Ages of Games. Epochs and Periodisations

25-27th June, City University of Hong Kong, School of Creative

www.history-of-games.com/2026-hong-ko...

Please share and hope to see you there!
February 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Vuelvo a la tribuna del Diari de Tarragona.

Hoy: IA generativa, amianto digital.

No, las herramientas nunca son neutras. A veces, no hay usos buenos.

No, la IAG no es eficacísima (y es más peligrosa por inútil que por avanzada).

No, la tecnología no es imparable.
February 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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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
February 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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February 1, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Mr Tsui?
February 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Ya disponible la primera entrada de #PantomimasLuminosas, mi newsletter sobre animación.

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
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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
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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👇
January 20, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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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.
February 1, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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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