Dr. José Zagal
@jzagal.bsky.social
Game scholar, academic, professor at University of Utah's Division of Games
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/
https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy
https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/
https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
With the #DiGRA26 deadline coming up I hope this meme isn't true for everyone! www.digraconference2026.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
With the #DiGRA26 deadline coming up I hope this meme isn't true for everyone! www.digraconference2026.com
Thanks Sean Keanaaina for the amazing update on your achievements! Three-game combo deserves three exclamation marks!!! (thankfully Bluesky lets me put more than one pic) @utah.edu @capcomusa.com (is there a Japan Capcom on Bluesky?)
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thanks Sean Keanaaina for the amazing update on your achievements! Three-game combo deserves three exclamation marks!!! (thankfully Bluesky lets me put more than one pic) @utah.edu @capcomusa.com (is there a Japan Capcom on Bluesky?)
I have @jaakkostenros.bsky.social to thank for getting this for me. It was a fun and interesting read - neither academic nor journalistic, so quite personal(?). With Sweden punching above their weight in terms of videogame industry impact, there's some obvious strong TRPG links and influences, no?
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I have @jaakkostenros.bsky.social to thank for getting this for me. It was a fun and interesting read - neither academic nor journalistic, so quite personal(?). With Sweden punching above their weight in terms of videogame industry impact, there's some obvious strong TRPG links and influences, no?
Should I ghost the students in my classes next week so I can sit down and play this? (#ProfessorJokes) Thanks and congrats to
L. Chan for, as always, helping knock out another (I'm sure) banger of a game! @utah.edu game alumni making us proud again!
L. Chan for, as always, helping knock out another (I'm sure) banger of a game! @utah.edu game alumni making us proud again!
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Should I ghost the students in my classes next week so I can sit down and play this? (#ProfessorJokes) Thanks and congrats to
L. Chan for, as always, helping knock out another (I'm sure) banger of a game! @utah.edu game alumni making us proud again!
L. Chan for, as always, helping knock out another (I'm sure) banger of a game! @utah.edu game alumni making us proud again!
H. Gunther is 100% correct when he told me to "rip & tear"! It's DOOM after all! Thanks so much for the newest addition to the @utah.edu signed-by-alumni game window!
September 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
H. Gunther is 100% correct when he told me to "rip & tear"! It's DOOM after all! Thanks so much for the newest addition to the @utah.edu signed-by-alumni game window!
Feeling very to have B. Miller drop by yesterday with CoD: Black Ops 6! I've heard great things about it, and I'm looking forward to enjoyed Ben's work first hand! Thanks! @utah.edu
September 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Feeling very to have B. Miller drop by yesterday with CoD: Black Ops 6! I've heard great things about it, and I'm looking forward to enjoyed Ben's work first hand! Thanks! @utah.edu
Older game - but NEW SIGNATURE!
Thanks T.N.! (coincidentally I'm currently playing the first game - it's really good - so, I'm excited to play this one too. As always, proud of @utah.edu game alumni and their accomplishments!
Thanks T.N.! (coincidentally I'm currently playing the first game - it's really good - so, I'm excited to play this one too. As always, proud of @utah.edu game alumni and their accomplishments!
August 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Older game - but NEW SIGNATURE!
Thanks T.N.! (coincidentally I'm currently playing the first game - it's really good - so, I'm excited to play this one too. As always, proud of @utah.edu game alumni and their accomplishments!
Thanks T.N.! (coincidentally I'm currently playing the first game - it's really good - so, I'm excited to play this one too. As always, proud of @utah.edu game alumni and their accomplishments!
Well, @codingconduct.cc isn't this embarrassing? Is it "A Transmedia Approach" or "Transmedia Foundations"? (only in the softcover edition) Thanks to @antonioroda.bsky.social for noticing! Thankfully, there's a "new" edition....(www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...)
August 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Well, @codingconduct.cc isn't this embarrassing? Is it "A Transmedia Approach" or "Transmedia Foundations"? (only in the softcover edition) Thanks to @antonioroda.bsky.social for noticing! Thankfully, there's a "new" edition....(www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...)
It would be weird and inappropriate for me to kiss L. Chan
on the head for his latest achievement. So, this will have to do instead. ;-) Congrats Leigh, super proud of you and your accomplishments! @utah.edu game alumni FTW.
on the head for his latest achievement. So, this will have to do instead. ;-) Congrats Leigh, super proud of you and your accomplishments! @utah.edu game alumni FTW.
August 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It would be weird and inappropriate for me to kiss L. Chan
on the head for his latest achievement. So, this will have to do instead. ;-) Congrats Leigh, super proud of you and your accomplishments! @utah.edu game alumni FTW.
on the head for his latest achievement. So, this will have to do instead. ;-) Congrats Leigh, super proud of you and your accomplishments! @utah.edu game alumni FTW.
Todos invitados - charla en la facultad de comunicaciones de la PUC! Nos vemos alla!
July 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Todos invitados - charla en la facultad de comunicaciones de la PUC! Nos vemos alla!
Just got back from a trip to find @squanchgames.bsky.social's High on Life signed by @utah.edu games alum Drew P. on my doorstep! Easily the best talking gun game I know about - it's great for other reasons too, so don't miss out. Thanks Drew, super proud of you and your accomplishments!
July 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Just got back from a trip to find @squanchgames.bsky.social's High on Life signed by @utah.edu games alum Drew P. on my doorstep! Easily the best talking gun game I know about - it's great for other reasons too, so don't miss out. Thanks Drew, super proud of you and your accomplishments!
I thought that @ibogost.bsky.social would get a kick out of the mere existence of this Playmobil set. But I also relish the thought of someone buying 30 of these for their special public "Arts Festival" diorama...
July 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I thought that @ibogost.bsky.social would get a kick out of the mere existence of this Playmobil set. But I also relish the thought of someone buying 30 of these for their special public "Arts Festival" diorama...
When in Paris you must protect Paris, even in videogames! (yes, I'm playing through my DS backlog... and Tom Clancy's EndWar for the DS is pretty good so far!)
July 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
When in Paris you must protect Paris, even in videogames! (yes, I'm playing through my DS backlog... and Tom Clancy's EndWar for the DS is pretty good so far!)
Also at #DiGRA25, Stephanie Harkin gave a great talk on representations of gaming in lifestyle magazines for girls. With a great shout out to the Video Game History Foundation! @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Also at #DiGRA25, Stephanie Harkin gave a great talk on representations of gaming in lifestyle magazines for girls. With a great shout out to the Video Game History Foundation! @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social
ROMChip shout out/sighting at #DiGRA25! This was in the context of a fascinating talk on "Diode Games" (early hobbyist electronic games) easychair.org/smart-progra... @romchip.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
ROMChip shout out/sighting at #DiGRA25! This was in the context of a fascinating talk on "Diode Games" (early hobbyist electronic games) easychair.org/smart-progra... @romchip.bsky.social
Someone needs to make this game! (Seen in Malta during #DiGRA2025)
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Someone needs to make this game! (Seen in Malta during #DiGRA2025)
I'm not sure I've played a videogame (Lunar Genesis) with a character so clearly and obviously named after me! 😜😜😜He's even cranky! #lifegoals
June 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I'm not sure I've played a videogame (Lunar Genesis) with a character so clearly and obviously named after me! 😜😜😜He's even cranky! #lifegoals
I love how our @utah.edu Game alumni work all over the world! R. Wei, this is so cool and Black Myth Wukong is a hell of a great game. Thanks!
June 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I love how our @utah.edu Game alumni work all over the world! R. Wei, this is so cool and Black Myth Wukong is a hell of a great game. Thanks!
...or maybe not? ;-)
May 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
...or maybe not? ;-)
Sometimes you're just in a museum and you run into @jmstar.bsky.social...
May 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Sometimes you're just in a museum and you run into @jmstar.bsky.social...
I'll be on the Twitch show "The Research Left Behind" where I'll be chatting about the things @benjedwards.com wanted to, but did not, include in our @mitpress.bsky.social book "Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy". May 8 6pm US Pacific Time - twitch.tv/professor_as...
May 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'll be on the Twitch show "The Research Left Behind" where I'll be chatting about the things @benjedwards.com wanted to, but did not, include in our @mitpress.bsky.social book "Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy". May 8 6pm US Pacific Time - twitch.tv/professor_as...
Want to see a game professor (me) get schooled on a game I've never played but will probably break me? (as I'm coached by a game professor who's actually good) I don't know what I'll be playing! This is part of
@utah.edu 's Giving Day activities! April 8, 2:30-3:20MST, www.twitch.tv/uutah_esports
@utah.edu 's Giving Day activities! April 8, 2:30-3:20MST, www.twitch.tv/uutah_esports
April 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Want to see a game professor (me) get schooled on a game I've never played but will probably break me? (as I'm coached by a game professor who's actually good) I don't know what I'll be playing! This is part of
@utah.edu 's Giving Day activities! April 8, 2:30-3:20MST, www.twitch.tv/uutah_esports
@utah.edu 's Giving Day activities! April 8, 2:30-3:20MST, www.twitch.tv/uutah_esports
Thanks to @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social's kind invitation to "Role Playing the Humanities" I got to meet @shellyjones.bsky.social - one of the authors new to the Routledge Handbook of RPG Studies. @codingconduct.cc & I agree: their chapter is great, check it out! www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
April 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Thanks to @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social's kind invitation to "Role Playing the Humanities" I got to meet @shellyjones.bsky.social - one of the authors new to the Routledge Handbook of RPG Studies. @codingconduct.cc & I agree: their chapter is great, check it out! www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
So, I did a thing...it's a list of books about games I recommend! shepherd.com/best-books/l...
April 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
So, I did a thing...it's a list of books about games I recommend! shepherd.com/best-books/l...