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
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...
Been shouting about this since forever, it's the best Zelda movie we'll ever get and Mia Sara is an absolute icon. And they nailed Navi.
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Been shouting about this since forever, it's the best Zelda movie we'll ever get and Mia Sara is an absolute icon. And they nailed Navi.
One of my favourite cases is how Castelian (the NES/GB version of Nebulus) became an advergame in Japan: Kyorochan Land, starring the mascot for ChocoBall (Morinaga).
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
One of my favourite cases is how Castelian (the NES/GB version of Nebulus) became an advergame in Japan: Kyorochan Land, starring the mascot for ChocoBall (Morinaga).
I love when games have different main characters in Japan and Europe/the US.
Panic Restaurant (made in Japan) decided to swap its young protagonist for an older chef.
A Boy and His Blob (made in America) got a more cartoony, manga-like design for the Boy in Japan.
Panic Restaurant (made in Japan) decided to swap its young protagonist for an older chef.
A Boy and His Blob (made in America) got a more cartoony, manga-like design for the Boy in Japan.
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I love when games have different main characters in Japan and Europe/the US.
Panic Restaurant (made in Japan) decided to swap its young protagonist for an older chef.
A Boy and His Blob (made in America) got a more cartoony, manga-like design for the Boy in Japan.
Panic Restaurant (made in Japan) decided to swap its young protagonist for an older chef.
A Boy and His Blob (made in America) got a more cartoony, manga-like design for the Boy in Japan.
NEW PAPER:
Paradise lost: Childhood as a mythical space in Boku no Natsuyasumi and bokunatsulike games
Coauthor @aporta.bsky.social
Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies
Special Issue on Ludomythologies
Thanks to the editors and the reviewers!
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Paradise lost: Childhood as a mythical space in Boku no Natsuyasumi and bokunatsulike games
Coauthor @aporta.bsky.social
Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies
Special Issue on Ludomythologies
Thanks to the editors and the reviewers!
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
NEW PAPER:
Paradise lost: Childhood as a mythical space in Boku no Natsuyasumi and bokunatsulike games
Coauthor @aporta.bsky.social
Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies
Special Issue on Ludomythologies
Thanks to the editors and the reviewers!
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Paradise lost: Childhood as a mythical space in Boku no Natsuyasumi and bokunatsulike games
Coauthor @aporta.bsky.social
Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies
Special Issue on Ludomythologies
Thanks to the editors and the reviewers!
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
The EGGERLAND / LOLO games are some of the best descendants of Sokoban and (not so) hidden gems of early gêmu.
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The EGGERLAND / LOLO games are some of the best descendants of Sokoban and (not so) hidden gems of early gêmu.
There's a lot of Sokoban in the towers of CATHERINE...
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
There's a lot of Sokoban in the towers of CATHERINE...
THE ELECTRIFYING INCIDENT: A MONSTER MINI-EXPEDITION, by Draknek & Friends, combines Sokoban with Portal-influenced aesthetics for a very clever variant built around electricity and a grappling hook.
store.steampowered.com/app/3352300/The_Electrifying_Incident_A_Monster_MiniExpedition/
store.steampowered.com/app/3352300/The_Electrifying_Incident_A_Monster_MiniExpedition/
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
THE ELECTRIFYING INCIDENT: A MONSTER MINI-EXPEDITION, by Draknek & Friends, combines Sokoban with Portal-influenced aesthetics for a very clever variant built around electricity and a grappling hook.
store.steampowered.com/app/3352300/The_Electrifying_Incident_A_Monster_MiniExpedition/
store.steampowered.com/app/3352300/The_Electrifying_Incident_A_Monster_MiniExpedition/
TOY STORY 5 is "physical toys vs digital/tablets"... something that the Chinese animated movie TOY GUARDIANS did in 2017, and even then it didn't feel extremely original.
letterboxd.com/film/toy-gua...
letterboxd.com/film/toy-gua...
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
TOY STORY 5 is "physical toys vs digital/tablets"... something that the Chinese animated movie TOY GUARDIANS did in 2017, and even then it didn't feel extremely original.
letterboxd.com/film/toy-gua...
letterboxd.com/film/toy-gua...
¡Fans del terror, de Japón y del gêmu! Si este fin de semana estáis cerca de Molins de Rei, el sábado a las 17.00 daré una charla en mi querido TerrorMolins sobre "J-Horror jugable", ¡y gratis!
Buen aperitivo para la Maratón de Terror.
www.molinsfilmfestival.com/esp/sessio/x...
Buen aperitivo para la Maratón de Terror.
www.molinsfilmfestival.com/esp/sessio/x...
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
¡Fans del terror, de Japón y del gêmu! Si este fin de semana estáis cerca de Molins de Rei, el sábado a las 17.00 daré una charla en mi querido TerrorMolins sobre "J-Horror jugable", ¡y gratis!
Buen aperitivo para la Maratón de Terror.
www.molinsfilmfestival.com/esp/sessio/x...
Buen aperitivo para la Maratón de Terror.
www.molinsfilmfestival.com/esp/sessio/x...
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Recordatorio de que estamos destruyendo el planeta, la economía y la educación por una máquina de plagiar que nos dice que no existen las cosas que existen.
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Recordatorio de que estamos destruyendo el planeta, la economía y la educación por una máquina de plagiar que nos dice que no existen las cosas que existen.
For the past decade, I've been slowly cooking a small and humble book.
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For the past decade, I've been slowly cooking a small and humble book.
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.
ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...
BABA IS YOU, perhaps the most popular modern Sokoban-like. Instead of pushing boxes, players move words and create new rules.
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
BABA IS YOU, perhaps the most popular modern Sokoban-like. Instead of pushing boxes, players move words and create new rules.
KICKLE CUBICLE (arcade, NES)
Freeze enemies to turn them into ice blocks, create pillars to stop blocks from sliding, make bridges.
Freeze enemies to turn them into ice blocks, create pillars to stop blocks from sliding, make bridges.
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
KICKLE CUBICLE (arcade, NES)
Freeze enemies to turn them into ice blocks, create pillars to stop blocks from sliding, make bridges.
Freeze enemies to turn them into ice blocks, create pillars to stop blocks from sliding, make bridges.
HANDSHAKES
Extend the arms of two characters to shake hands. Push buttons and boxes, open paths, and many more tricks.
store.steampowered.com/app/2171690/...
Extend the arms of two characters to shake hands. Push buttons and boxes, open paths, and many more tricks.
store.steampowered.com/app/2171690/...
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
HANDSHAKES
Extend the arms of two characters to shake hands. Push buttons and boxes, open paths, and many more tricks.
store.steampowered.com/app/2171690/...
Extend the arms of two characters to shake hands. Push buttons and boxes, open paths, and many more tricks.
store.steampowered.com/app/2171690/...
SKWISH, starring a jelly-like blob that can get inside blocks, move them, combine them...
Playdate: play.date/games/skwish/
Original version: pawprints.itch.io/skwish
Playdate: play.date/games/skwish/
Original version: pawprints.itch.io/skwish
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
SKWISH, starring a jelly-like blob that can get inside blocks, move them, combine them...
Playdate: play.date/games/skwish/
Original version: pawprints.itch.io/skwish
Playdate: play.date/games/skwish/
Original version: pawprints.itch.io/skwish
SOKOBAN is one of the most important and influential games ever.
Here's a thread with some Sokoban-like games, more or less close to the original idea, that I recommend.
Here's a thread with some Sokoban-like games, more or less close to the original idea, that I recommend.
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
SOKOBAN is one of the most important and influential games ever.
Here's a thread with some Sokoban-like games, more or less close to the original idea, that I recommend.
Here's a thread with some Sokoban-like games, more or less close to the original idea, that I recommend.
Comparto esta llamada de unos compañeros:
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Comparto esta llamada de unos compañeros:
Calling all Yakuza / Ryu Ga Gotoku fans:
I'm looking for people willing to do long qualitative interviews on RGG games and tourism in Japan (having visited the country is not mandatory).
If you're in, ping me and I'll give you more details!
#gamestudies
I'm looking for people willing to do long qualitative interviews on RGG games and tourism in Japan (having visited the country is not mandatory).
If you're in, ping me and I'll give you more details!
#gamestudies
October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Calling all Yakuza / Ryu Ga Gotoku fans:
I'm looking for people willing to do long qualitative interviews on RGG games and tourism in Japan (having visited the country is not mandatory).
If you're in, ping me and I'll give you more details!
#gamestudies
I'm looking for people willing to do long qualitative interviews on RGG games and tourism in Japan (having visited the country is not mandatory).
If you're in, ping me and I'll give you more details!
#gamestudies
A finales de año, los libros de Editorial UOC saldrán de circulación.
Es buen momento para hacerse con aquellos Filmografías esenciales que falten.
Si no tenéis Cine Ludens y queréis una copia física, es ahora o nunca. ¡Corred!
www.editorialuoc.com/cine-ludens-...
Es buen momento para hacerse con aquellos Filmografías esenciales que falten.
Si no tenéis Cine Ludens y queréis una copia física, es ahora o nunca. ¡Corred!
www.editorialuoc.com/cine-ludens-...
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A finales de año, los libros de Editorial UOC saldrán de circulación.
Es buen momento para hacerse con aquellos Filmografías esenciales que falten.
Si no tenéis Cine Ludens y queréis una copia física, es ahora o nunca. ¡Corred!
www.editorialuoc.com/cine-ludens-...
Es buen momento para hacerse con aquellos Filmografías esenciales que falten.
Si no tenéis Cine Ludens y queréis una copia física, es ahora o nunca. ¡Corred!
www.editorialuoc.com/cine-ludens-...
Empezamos el #digraes25 con una magnífica Keynote de Miguel Sicart.
October 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Empezamos el #digraes25 con una magnífica Keynote de Miguel Sicart.
Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe (the Two Guys from Andromeda) in Space Quest 3.
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe (the Two Guys from Andromeda) in Space Quest 3.
Richard Garriott (as himself, not as Lord British) in Ultima 2
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Richard Garriott (as himself, not as Lord British) in Ultima 2