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
Pinned
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...
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Grasshopper's ultra-violent Romeo is a Dead Man has "no AI-generated stuff whatsoever", Suda51 assures www.eurogamer.net/grasshoppers...
December 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Grasshopper's ultra-violent Romeo is a Dead Man has "no AI-generated stuff whatsoever", Suda51 assures www.eurogamer.net/grasshoppers...
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On this day in 1982, Warner Communications announced it had adjusted its guidance regarding its earnings for the year - primarily due to the issues faced by its Atari Inc. subsidiary.
Tech stocks plummeted the next day, signalling the Market's start of the Video Game Crash.
Tech stocks plummeted the next day, signalling the Market's start of the Video Game Crash.
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
On this day in 1982, Warner Communications announced it had adjusted its guidance regarding its earnings for the year - primarily due to the issues faced by its Atari Inc. subsidiary.
Tech stocks plummeted the next day, signalling the Market's start of the Video Game Crash.
Tech stocks plummeted the next day, signalling the Market's start of the Video Game Crash.
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“It’s capitalism and the height of digital colonialism”
Low-wage Kenyan workers are training China’s AI models
https://restofworld.org/2025/kenya-china-ai-workers?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1765194720
Low-wage Kenyan workers are training China’s AI models
https://restofworld.org/2025/kenya-china-ai-workers?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1765194720
The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
An unemployment crisis has created fertile ground for companies to step in with opaque systems built on WhatsApp groups, middlemen, and bargain-basement wages.
restofworld.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“It’s capitalism and the height of digital colonialism”
Low-wage Kenyan workers are training China’s AI models
https://restofworld.org/2025/kenya-china-ai-workers?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1765194720
Low-wage Kenyan workers are training China’s AI models
https://restofworld.org/2025/kenya-china-ai-workers?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1765194720
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This rarest Japanese Eggerland/Adventures of Lolo game release has now been fully scanned and archived online:
archive.org/details/egge...
archive.org/details/egge...
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This rarest Japanese Eggerland/Adventures of Lolo game release has now been fully scanned and archived online:
archive.org/details/egge...
archive.org/details/egge...
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NEW
Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
The Best Philosophy Books of 2025
The best new philosophy books of 2025, as recommended by our philosophy editor, the author and podcaster Nigel Warburton
fivebooks.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW
Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
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Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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6 DAYS LEFT! - Time's Running out to support African Animation on Kickstarter! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Here are some cool process shots from the Crocodile Dance trailer. #indieanimation #africananimation
Here are some cool process shots from the Crocodile Dance trailer. #indieanimation #africananimation
December 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
6 DAYS LEFT! - Time's Running out to support African Animation on Kickstarter! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Here are some cool process shots from the Crocodile Dance trailer. #indieanimation #africananimation
Here are some cool process shots from the Crocodile Dance trailer. #indieanimation #africananimation
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OTD in 1994 The Budapest Memorandum was signed. It remains the most spectacular waste of paper, ink, and geopolitical optimism in the history of humankind.
The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.
The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
OTD in 1994 The Budapest Memorandum was signed. It remains the most spectacular waste of paper, ink, and geopolitical optimism in the history of humankind.
The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.
The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.
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I finally played Horses. It’s a tight cinematic horror game with a unique, uncompromising vision.
It’s admittedly uncomfortable to play, but more due to the lack of agency than the graphic depictions of abuse (it’s actually milder and goofier than your typical A24 arthouse horror).
It’s admittedly uncomfortable to play, but more due to the lack of agency than the graphic depictions of abuse (it’s actually milder and goofier than your typical A24 arthouse horror).
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I finally played Horses. It’s a tight cinematic horror game with a unique, uncompromising vision.
It’s admittedly uncomfortable to play, but more due to the lack of agency than the graphic depictions of abuse (it’s actually milder and goofier than your typical A24 arthouse horror).
It’s admittedly uncomfortable to play, but more due to the lack of agency than the graphic depictions of abuse (it’s actually milder and goofier than your typical A24 arthouse horror).
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Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
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Reminder: the DiGRA Belgium symposium is approaching!
If you want to attend the event, please fill out the following registration form: www.eventbrite.be/e/billets-di...
You can also find the full event program by following this link!
We hope to see many of you there!
If you want to attend the event, please fill out the following registration form: www.eventbrite.be/e/billets-di...
You can also find the full event program by following this link!
We hope to see many of you there!
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reminder: the DiGRA Belgium symposium is approaching!
If you want to attend the event, please fill out the following registration form: www.eventbrite.be/e/billets-di...
You can also find the full event program by following this link!
We hope to see many of you there!
If you want to attend the event, please fill out the following registration form: www.eventbrite.be/e/billets-di...
You can also find the full event program by following this link!
We hope to see many of you there!
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"Amazon is a bit like the businesses that sold shovels during the gold rush. It is in the company’s interest to proclaim loudly and often that there really is a lot of gold out there."
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"Amazon is a bit like the businesses that sold shovels during the gold rush. It is in the company’s interest to proclaim loudly and often that there really is a lot of gold out there."
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Merry Batman Returns for Super NES
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Merry Batman Returns for Super NES
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The History of Dungeons & Dragons: Satanic Panic on Saturday Mornings youtu.be/BZnViUPKI6w?...
The History of Dungeons & Dragons: Satanic Panic on Saturday Mornings!
YouTube video by Secret Galaxy
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The History of Dungeons & Dragons: Satanic Panic on Saturday Mornings youtu.be/BZnViUPKI6w?...
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Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
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Hoy, el grupo GAME @uocuniversitat.bsky.social celebramos el seminario «Culturas de producción en el cine español», vinculado a nuestro proyecto del mismo título, para compartir experiencias y resultados con proyectos que abordan la práctica creativa del cine en España desde perspectivas distintas.
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Hoy, el grupo GAME @uocuniversitat.bsky.social celebramos el seminario «Culturas de producción en el cine español», vinculado a nuestro proyecto del mismo título, para compartir experiencias y resultados con proyectos que abordan la práctica creativa del cine en España desde perspectivas distintas.
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This is absolutely heartbreaking news.
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is absolutely heartbreaking news.
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
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Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
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Rent A Hero (1991) | action RPG | Sega Mega Drive | Sega
When your dad dresses up as Godzilla at a party and a mysterious armor suit arrives for you instead of pizza, sometimes it's best to just go with the flow in this heroic RPG produced by Sega's Yu Suzuki.
When your dad dresses up as Godzilla at a party and a mysterious armor suit arrives for you instead of pizza, sometimes it's best to just go with the flow in this heroic RPG produced by Sega's Yu Suzuki.
May 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Rent A Hero (1991) | action RPG | Sega Mega Drive | Sega
When your dad dresses up as Godzilla at a party and a mysterious armor suit arrives for you instead of pizza, sometimes it's best to just go with the flow in this heroic RPG produced by Sega's Yu Suzuki.
When your dad dresses up as Godzilla at a party and a mysterious armor suit arrives for you instead of pizza, sometimes it's best to just go with the flow in this heroic RPG produced by Sega's Yu Suzuki.
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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From Gears of War to Uno: the 15 most important Xbox 360 games
From Gears of War to Uno: the 15 most important Xbox 360 games
As the Xbox 360 turns 20, we celebrate its most influential and memorable games – both exclusives, and those that came to the console first
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
From Gears of War to Uno: the 15 most important Xbox 360 games
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The Center for Digital Play at the IT University of Copenhagen is organizing a new conference: Playing Futures. The conference will take place from May 20th to 22nd at the IT University of Copenhagen. You can read more about it here: playingfutures.today
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
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Center for Digital Play at the IT University of Copenhagen is organizing a new conference: Playing Futures. The conference will take place from May 20th to 22nd at the IT University of Copenhagen. You can read more about it here: playingfutures.today
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Simogo Legacy Collection is OUT NOW
15th anniversary = 15% launch discount
Steam
s.team/a/3817040
Nintendo Switch
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Nintendo Switch 2
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
15th anniversary = 15% launch discount
Steam
s.team/a/3817040
Nintendo Switch
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Nintendo Switch 2
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Simogo Legacy Collection is OUT NOW
15th anniversary = 15% launch discount
Steam
s.team/a/3817040
Nintendo Switch
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Nintendo Switch 2
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
15th anniversary = 15% launch discount
Steam
s.team/a/3817040
Nintendo Switch
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Nintendo Switch 2
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
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Another video game tries to illegally “BREAK FREE” from advertising regulation. But we will hold them to account! 🚨⛓️ Borderlands 4, published by 2K, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, contains in-game purchases, but its advertising failed to disclose this material information to consumers.
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Another video game tries to illegally “BREAK FREE” from advertising regulation. But we will hold them to account! 🚨⛓️ Borderlands 4, published by 2K, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, contains in-game purchases, but its advertising failed to disclose this material information to consumers.