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
OpenAI and Anthropic are time bombs at the heart of the AI industry, which is why hyperscalers and NVIDIA continue to prop them up. Without them, hyperscaler revenue growth stalls, and the entire con collapses. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-demand-bubble/
Skeletonization health bar from The Amazing Spider-Man (Amiga/Atari ST -- also released for DOS and Commodore 64):
🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5. Hooray!
The Australian 3D series "Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia" (by Flying Bark studio) has been quietly available for free on BYUtv for months (in the U.S.), and it also includes some 2D segments. >> www.byutv.org/tales-from-o... I made this short video as a friendly reminder.
Catsuka@catsuka.bsky.social · 8mo agoFirst trailer for "Tales from Outer Suburbia" series by Flying Bark studio (Australia), based on the picture books by Shaun Tan. There aren't that many big Australian animated productions.
I interviewed Ojiro Fumoto about POINPY!! and got great insights like: - Why he made it free (so kids who are used to Fortnite and Roblox would try it. Also, the Netflix money was good enough) - His favourite fruit (strawberries) - The game he wishes he made (Cinco Paus by @smestorp.bsky.social)
Poinpy's Revival Is Free, Because of the Kids
"I'm not fond of taking money from kids," says Ojiro "Moppin" Fumoto.
thisweekinvideogames.com
RIP Katsushi Murakami (1942-2026). A legendary designer for many tokusatsu & anime series (Gavan, Bioman, Giraya Ninja, Ulysse 31, Space Adventure Cobra, Gatchaman...), and toys. x.com/Alien_anvil/...
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
🟥 Grim Fandango – Comedia y noir en el más allá, por @vthewanderer.bsky.social . Viajamos a la tierra de los muertos con un agente de viajes del Departamento de la Muerte. 🔊 iVoox: go.ivoox.com/rf/178208897 🔊 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Wuv...
Después de una temporada por España, esto de tener que coger el coche por absolutamente cualquier chorrada, que todo esté a parir de lejos y que no tengas alternativa alguna es desesperante. La historia de cómo los americanos decidieron olvidar el urbanismo es desesperante.
Hi, we're a new video game oral histories site. Want to read the story of Shadow of the Colossus, as told by 11 people who worked on it? Or hear what Will Wright has to say about Spore in retrospect? Or see previously unreleased footage of Nintendo's Sound Fantasy? Check us out at designroom.site
Entro a buscar sobre esto y que encuentro? @vthewanderer.bsky.social en en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihatovo...
Ihatovo Monogatari - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
VGDensetsu@vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 4d agoRandom news: to celebrate the 130th anniversary of author Kenji Miyazawa, the 1993 SFC game Ihatovo Monogatari is being re-released today on Retrostick—a plug-and-play console that comes with a controller and an HDMI-compatible stick. kyodonewsprwire.jp/release/2026... xcancel.com/TsukasaTawad...
Our 1992 Hoi Amiga game has been re-released, including source files! 🥳 Hoi was the predecessor to Moon Child. Prepare, it's a tough old school platformer… I mean… an exciting game challenge! 😉 MacOS + Windows executables can be found here (now with correct link 😅): bitbucket.org/rhinoid/hoi_...
You're streaming on our platform? We will use that for our AI. You're sharing things on our platforms? We will use that for our AI. You're sharing things on your own website? We will scrap that too. This tech is unethical at its core.
Hoy que se publica el último episodio de 'Marea Nocturna' lo hemos compartido con este texto. El podcast, en vuestras redes habituales.
¡VICTORIA LEGAL! 📢 El Tribunal Regional de Múnich falla en favor de los creadores: «Los modelos de IA basados en el robo de propiedad intelectual no están protegidos por la ley» SUNO pierde la demanda por haber violado derechos de autor y deberá pagar una indemnización por daños y perjuicios 🔥
My book Make Games for @play.date with Lua is finally done after 18 months of writing and revising! It's now available on all ebook retailers. The book is written for beginners, covering the key concepts of game programming, Lua, and the Playdate SDK. pdbook.net
Make Games for Playdate with Lua
A fun introduction to game programming with Lua and the Playdate SDK by Brett Chalupa.
pdbook.net
④ You are moving fast in an infinite tunnel, catchy music comes from somewhere and spiky obstacles began to appear, what do you do??? (tip: dodge them using the crank!) 🛷 play.date/games/super...
Excited to see The Odyssey this weekend?? While you’re waiting for the show to start, why don’t you check out Eye to Eye, a Playdate exclusive action-platformer directly inspired by The Odyssey’s story of a man fighting to make his way back to his love of his life?!
① Experience The Odyssey from Penelope's perspective in Waiting for Odysseus. Balance speed and caution as you unravel your cloth before dawn, hoping that your beloved will finally make his way home. 🌀 play.date/games/waiting-for-odysseus/
🏔️ 🏔️ 🏔️ Turnip Mountain is OUT NOW!! 🏔️ 🏔️ 🏔️ 🎮 Play it on PC, Switch, PS4/5 and Xbox! 👥 Go it alone, or bring a friend in local co-op! 🎶 Banger soundtrack by IsabelleChiming!
The AMIMI Demo is LIVE on Steam! ✨ This is a very early demo! We'd love your first impressions while we keep building the final game. 🎮 Play now: store.steampowered.com/app/4996670/... #indiegame #gamedev #Steam #IndieDev
AMIMI Demo on Steam
Play the opening of AMIMI, a hand-crafted adventure where a child and a mysterious creature explore a magical world, solve inventive puzzles, and discover a story of friendship, transformation, and na...
store.steampowered.com
In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
Hace unos días Haiku apareció en el programa "Sekai! Nippon ikkitai hito oendan" del Canal 7 de la televisión de Tokio. Nos incluyeron en su paseo por los establecimientos de cultura japonesa de Barcelona. Hablaron con Marian sobre los haikus de Kobayashi Issa. Muchas gracias al equipo del programa.
Those of us designing study programmes, putting together reading lists and writing text books increasingly face the question: what are the key texts of academic game studies? Bring your perspective to our workshop in Warsaw in November (as part of CEEGS 2026): ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz/wp-content/u...
ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz
Two Cancelled Virtual Boy Games Join 'Nintendo Classics' Next Week. (Repost)
Two Cancelled Virtual Boy Games Join 'Nintendo Classics' Next Week
Retro revival
nintendolife.com
Is this good use of free will? Turning a Densha de Go train game peripheral into a sick acid bass controller 😤🚅💨💥
Japón oficialmente se une a "Horizonte Europa". Este acuerdo permite a investigadores y organizaciones japonesas participar en el programa en las mismas condiciones que los Estados miembros de la UE, pudiendo recibir financiación y colaboración internacional. @ec.europa.eu
