Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 PAX U
@aguaspoints.bsky.social
Game Critic - NPR Contributor
Debug Mag Columnist
Member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle
Unwinnable, Gamers with Glasses, PopMatters, Game Informer, Ars Technica & other places
aguaspoints.com
Debug Mag Columnist
Member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle
Unwinnable, Gamers with Glasses, PopMatters, Game Informer, Ars Technica & other places
aguaspoints.com
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A new Legend has appeared! The @nyvgcc.bsky.social are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
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I'll boost @aguaspoints.bsky.social on Despelote any chance I can! This was magnificent.
Desperate Times, Despelote Dreams — Gamers with Glasses
Young Julián has dreams of fútbol . At his age, my friends and I, disaffected by constant deferment, had dreams of taking the Pelham. When the dreams were less like nightmares, and luckily they usual...
www.gamerswithglasses.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I'll boost @aguaspoints.bsky.social on Despelote any chance I can! This was magnificent.
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This week: 25 picks on Ball x Pit, 1000x, Hades II, Bloodlines 2, and much more:
critical-distance.com/2025/11/16/n...
critical-distance.com/2025/11/16/n...
critical-distance.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This week: 25 picks on Ball x Pit, 1000x, Hades II, Bloodlines 2, and much more:
critical-distance.com/2025/11/16/n...
critical-distance.com/2025/11/16/n...
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thank you Nicholas Quah for spelling out exactly what makes these interviews so inane. also, on SFV you're only ever catching 90 seconds of an exchange, TOPS -- so you end up with what are effectively disembodied soundbites, cut off from context. it stinks!
www.vulture.com/article/dumb...
www.vulture.com/article/dumb...
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
thank you Nicholas Quah for spelling out exactly what makes these interviews so inane. also, on SFV you're only ever catching 90 seconds of an exchange, TOPS -- so you end up with what are effectively disembodied soundbites, cut off from context. it stinks!
www.vulture.com/article/dumb...
www.vulture.com/article/dumb...
I need this in my home.
November 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I need this in my home.
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Exclusive: We spoke to Dragon Quest VII Reimagined lead scenario writer Sayaka Takagi about how the remake's new voice over affected how its story is told. Here's what we learned: gameinformer.com/exclusive-in...
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Exclusive: We spoke to Dragon Quest VII Reimagined lead scenario writer Sayaka Takagi about how the remake's new voice over affected how its story is told. Here's what we learned: gameinformer.com/exclusive-in...
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generally speaking if you violate your professions’ core principles you should find another profession, and the compulsion to romanticize a fall from grace has no place in the real world. it is bad for everyone, including the offender.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
generally speaking if you violate your professions’ core principles you should find another profession, and the compulsion to romanticize a fall from grace has no place in the real world. it is bad for everyone, including the offender.
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ICYMI wrote about a city that depressed tf outta me and that I cant wait to visit again next week
I spent a few hours with the Duskpunk demo, and it's burdened my mind with how wild and depressing the city of Dredgeport is on first impressions.
Give it a read, maybe a share, possibly even play the demo (esp. if you like Citizen Sleeper):
exalclaw.com/2025/11/13/r...
Give it a read, maybe a share, possibly even play the demo (esp. if you like Citizen Sleeper):
exalclaw.com/2025/11/13/r...
RPG Duskpunk’s City Is Already Haunting Me Like The War Plaguing Its Citizens
Why’s it so hard for empires to treat people like anything but a resource?
exalclaw.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
ICYMI wrote about a city that depressed tf outta me and that I cant wait to visit again next week
People are hating on the new Metroid guy dude because they are jealous that it's not them talking Samus to death. I for one love the guy. The best thing the series has done in the past five years.
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
People are hating on the new Metroid guy dude because they are jealous that it's not them talking Samus to death. I for one love the guy. The best thing the series has done in the past five years.
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I was a bit slow on the uptake and wasn't able to get a copy of the recent issue of @debugmag.com, which I'm in!
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talked to me about making games in the anthroposcene & how Essay Games grapples with ongoing ethical/social/political paradoxes.
Does anyone have a copy? :)
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talked to me about making games in the anthroposcene & how Essay Games grapples with ongoing ethical/social/political paradoxes.
Does anyone have a copy? :)
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I was a bit slow on the uptake and wasn't able to get a copy of the recent issue of @debugmag.com, which I'm in!
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talked to me about making games in the anthroposcene & how Essay Games grapples with ongoing ethical/social/political paradoxes.
Does anyone have a copy? :)
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talked to me about making games in the anthroposcene & how Essay Games grapples with ongoing ethical/social/political paradoxes.
Does anyone have a copy? :)
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the new metroid prime is like alice in wonderland, i think 🐰 i spent my time with it in a fantasy forest, but not alone…
www.gamesradar.com/games/metroi...
www.gamesradar.com/games/metroi...
After 18 years, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a surprisingly magical return to Nintendo’s legendary series, and I’m all in on psychic abilities and the power of friendship
Hands-on | My 80 minutes blasting away on the Nintendo Switch 2 left me feeling one thing: good for her
www.gamesradar.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
the new metroid prime is like alice in wonderland, i think 🐰 i spent my time with it in a fantasy forest, but not alone…
www.gamesradar.com/games/metroi...
www.gamesradar.com/games/metroi...
@amabel.bsky.social makes the most thought provoking and innovative games. Few publishers have a catalogue as rich and stacked with gems.
I've lost count of how many Hollandspiele games I've played that have floored me with their inventiveness.
I've lost count of how many Hollandspiele games I've played that have floored me with their inventiveness.
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
@amabel.bsky.social makes the most thought provoking and innovative games. Few publishers have a catalogue as rich and stacked with gems.
I've lost count of how many Hollandspiele games I've played that have floored me with their inventiveness.
I've lost count of how many Hollandspiele games I've played that have floored me with their inventiveness.
A new Legend has appeared! The @nyvgcc.bsky.social
are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A new Legend has appeared! The @nyvgcc.bsky.social
are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
Reposted by Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 PAX U
A new Legend has appeared! The @nyvgcc.bsky.social are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A new Legend has appeared! The @nyvgcc.bsky.social are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
A new Legend has appeared! The @nyvgcc.bsky.social are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A new Legend has appeared! The @nyvgcc.bsky.social are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
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When I play Lumines Arise,
I am no longer in The Cynical World.
I am a cat in a sunbeam.
(my lumines arise review) www.polygon.com/lumines-aris...
I am no longer in The Cynical World.
I am a cat in a sunbeam.
(my lumines arise review) www.polygon.com/lumines-aris...
Lumines Arise is the cure for our cynical world
The cult classic rhythm game is back in life-affirming fashion
www.polygon.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
When I play Lumines Arise,
I am no longer in The Cynical World.
I am a cat in a sunbeam.
(my lumines arise review) www.polygon.com/lumines-aris...
I am no longer in The Cynical World.
I am a cat in a sunbeam.
(my lumines arise review) www.polygon.com/lumines-aris...
The Game Awards are best enjoyed at home or not at all. Don't spend 1,000 dollars for a ticket to an event that is always too loud and too long.
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Game Awards are best enjoyed at home or not at all. Don't spend 1,000 dollars for a ticket to an event that is always too loud and too long.
Great episode!
New Dig ep w/ Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad on Brazilian political economy and where Brazil fits into world capitalist system structured by relationships of domination/unequal exchange. How the left must navigate contradictions of governance. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/braz...
Brazil and the World System w/ Fernando Haddad
Featuring Fernando Haddad on Brazilian political economy and where Brazil fits into a world capitalist system structured by relationships of domination and unequal exchange. Haddad is Finance Minister...
www.thedigradio.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Great episode!
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting!"
Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting!
Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting!
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting!"
Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting!
Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting!
May it never come out.
BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
May it never come out.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Good Morning New York!
Join us 1/17 + 1/18 at GG Fest and the 15th New York Game Awards! Don't miss the Supergiant: Unplugged concert, your favorite games of 2025, and more to come!
Get your tickets now!
www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-ny-ga...
Join us 1/17 + 1/18 at GG Fest and the 15th New York Game Awards! Don't miss the Supergiant: Unplugged concert, your favorite games of 2025, and more to come!
Get your tickets now!
www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-ny-ga...
15th NY Game Awards + GG Fest + Supergiant Concert!
Get ready for two unforgettable days celebrating the artistry, creativity, and community of video games! The 15th NY Game Awards + GG Fest!
www.eventbrite.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Good Morning New York!
Join us 1/17 + 1/18 at GG Fest and the 15th New York Game Awards! Don't miss the Supergiant: Unplugged concert, your favorite games of 2025, and more to come!
Get your tickets now!
www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-ny-ga...
Join us 1/17 + 1/18 at GG Fest and the 15th New York Game Awards! Don't miss the Supergiant: Unplugged concert, your favorite games of 2025, and more to come!
Get your tickets now!
www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-ny-ga...
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@phoenixsimms.bsky.social reflects on why there was an increasing emphasis in the 2010s on IF storytelling via interfaces like desktops and apps.
IF's Retrofuturist Roots
Amping up retro technological friction encourages the player to decipher an IF game's interface as if it is an alien device with its own "emotional language".
www.tier-review.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
@phoenixsimms.bsky.social reflects on why there was an increasing emphasis in the 2010s on IF storytelling via interfaces like desktops and apps.