Tomás Grau de Pablos
@tomgaar.bsky.social
Él. Crítico y profesor de Game Studies y estudios culturales japoneses. https://tomgaar.carrd.co/
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¡Feliz Noche de Todos los Santos! He tratado que la selección se ciña a títulos de terror, con muchas viejas caras incluidas, aunque se me hace raro no ver a Kitty Horrorshow por aquí… 1) Pul…
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Mi selección de juegos para Halloween ya está aquí! Juegos de terror y mal rollo, así como un pequeño extra ovular. laeradelvideojuego.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/d...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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curious: are there any idle games like The Longing and Yolk Heroes that are all about waiting and letting the passage of time develop a narrative or something?
by that, i mean no power spikes like prestige loops. just a lot of waiting. i’m interested in this kind of narrative gaming lately.
by that, i mean no power spikes like prestige loops. just a lot of waiting. i’m interested in this kind of narrative gaming lately.
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
curious: are there any idle games like The Longing and Yolk Heroes that are all about waiting and letting the passage of time develop a narrative or something?
by that, i mean no power spikes like prestige loops. just a lot of waiting. i’m interested in this kind of narrative gaming lately.
by that, i mean no power spikes like prestige loops. just a lot of waiting. i’m interested in this kind of narrative gaming lately.
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Por supuesto que la gente que hace imágenes de IA y se proclaman artistas lo que quieren es la popularidad, no tanto el dinero ni comunicar nada. No sabeis la de gente que lo que anhela no es vender, sino los likes, tener monos voladores, proclamarse. Quieren el Daily Deviation y las notificaciones.
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Por supuesto que la gente que hace imágenes de IA y se proclaman artistas lo que quieren es la popularidad, no tanto el dinero ni comunicar nada. No sabeis la de gente que lo que anhela no es vender, sino los likes, tener monos voladores, proclamarse. Quieren el Daily Deviation y las notificaciones.
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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I just find this really sad. Imagine being so certain that you need slop machines to do your work, that you convince yourself that EVERYBODY must need them.
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
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www.reddit.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I just find this really sad. Imagine being so certain that you need slop machines to do your work, that you convince yourself that EVERYBODY must need them.
Smiling Friends art style.
illustration, the basic, magazine (1991) archive.org/details/the-...
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Smiling Friends art style.
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This is a mother’s plea from Gaza
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is a mother’s plea from Gaza
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
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it sure is bizarre to see the same crap that affected visual novels for so long affect a non-visual novel game.
steam censors really don’t care about anything that doesn’t sell gangbusters: bsky.app/profile/euro...
steam censors really don’t care about anything that doesn’t sell gangbusters: bsky.app/profile/euro...
Valve responds with "additional context" following Horses Steam ban controversy
www.eurogamer.net/valve-respon...
www.eurogamer.net/valve-respon...
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
it sure is bizarre to see the same crap that affected visual novels for so long affect a non-visual novel game.
steam censors really don’t care about anything that doesn’t sell gangbusters: bsky.app/profile/euro...
steam censors really don’t care about anything that doesn’t sell gangbusters: bsky.app/profile/euro...
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felt obliged to offer at least a little something for nothing to tide themselves over and to soothe my own neuroses, so i worked over an old story (to be *more* florid, not less) that i posted as a single screenshot on twitter, long ago, and threw it up on the patreon, free for all to see once more.
the rot in the field is holy (2nd edition) | Tara Wrist
Get more from Tara Wrist on Patreon
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November 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM
felt obliged to offer at least a little something for nothing to tide themselves over and to soothe my own neuroses, so i worked over an old story (to be *more* florid, not less) that i posted as a single screenshot on twitter, long ago, and threw it up on the patreon, free for all to see once more.
Como se llama un felino incel?
Un lincel.
(Chiste pensado después de ver la segunda de Wicked).
Un lincel.
(Chiste pensado después de ver la segunda de Wicked).
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Como se llama un felino incel?
Un lincel.
(Chiste pensado después de ver la segunda de Wicked).
Un lincel.
(Chiste pensado después de ver la segunda de Wicked).
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Ranma 1/2: Great Joy has finally arrived. Filled with Q&As, interviews and artwork. We’ll be doing tons of translations just like we did with last year’s companion book to Urusei Yatsura, Dancing Star.
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ranma 1/2: Great Joy has finally arrived. Filled with Q&As, interviews and artwork. We’ll be doing tons of translations just like we did with last year’s companion book to Urusei Yatsura, Dancing Star.
Medir la fortaleza de una ideología o validez de un proyecto político en base a la virtud percibida de sus defensores y adalides es una manera extremadamente performativa de entender la política. Creo que debemos entender que se puede ser de izquierdas y no por eso tener que ser una "buena" persona.
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Medir la fortaleza de una ideología o validez de un proyecto político en base a la virtud percibida de sus defensores y adalides es una manera extremadamente performativa de entender la política. Creo que debemos entender que se puede ser de izquierdas y no por eso tener que ser una "buena" persona.
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It's fascinating how Rebecca Heinemann managed to make Out of this World run on the SNES. Interplay, publisher of the console versions and the company she co-founded, wouldn't pay for Super FX/static RAM/FastROM chips. "I made a game using polygons working on a 65816 with pure software rendering."
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's fascinating how Rebecca Heinemann managed to make Out of this World run on the SNES. Interplay, publisher of the console versions and the company she co-founded, wouldn't pay for Super FX/static RAM/FastROM chips. "I made a game using polygons working on a 65816 with pure software rendering."
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
*después de ver a Stain en MHA* Realmente impresiona cómo, a pesar de que a nivel de fans del cómic americano e incluso de la industria se trata de poner tierra entre ellos y nosotros, la influencia de la "generación Image" se sigue notando en los superhéroes de hoy.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
*después de ver a Stain en MHA* Realmente impresiona cómo, a pesar de que a nivel de fans del cómic americano e incluso de la industria se trata de poner tierra entre ellos y nosotros, la influencia de la "generación Image" se sigue notando en los superhéroes de hoy.
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I think Demonschool is a good video game but I think Brandon’s approach to how staff worked together and were credited REALLY deserves a lot of attention. Video game crediting is a stupid black box and transparency will help average people understand these roles.
demonschool credits all 145 people who touched the game over the course of its multi-year dev cycle AND explains what exactly they contributed. the rest of the games industry, which commonly omits people from credits entirely, should be taking notes
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I think Demonschool is a good video game but I think Brandon’s approach to how staff worked together and were credited REALLY deserves a lot of attention. Video game crediting is a stupid black box and transparency will help average people understand these roles.
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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El enjuague bucal, ¡menudo berenjenal!
Mouthwashing al estilo de Ibáñez. No sé, tío, no sé por qué hago estas cosas.
Mouthwashing al estilo de Ibáñez. No sé, tío, no sé por qué hago estas cosas.
January 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
El enjuague bucal, ¡menudo berenjenal!
Mouthwashing al estilo de Ibáñez. No sé, tío, no sé por qué hago estas cosas.
Mouthwashing al estilo de Ibáñez. No sé, tío, no sé por qué hago estas cosas.
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![R. H. Bing (October 20, 1914 – April 28, 1986)[1] was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the areas of geometric topology and continuum theory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreid62wy3dekb2kzbisjfdlimlb35j4rlgew5iof7vi32byfszmg26a@jpeg)
![Bing's father was named Rupert Henry, but Bing's mother thought that "Rupert Henry" was too British for Texas. Thus she compromised by abbreviating it to R. H.[5] Consequently, R. H. does not stand for a first or middle name.
When Bing was applying for a visa, he was requested not to use initials. He explained that his name was really "R-only H-only Bing", and ended up receiving a visa made out to "Ronly Honly Bing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreigmfj53q4uy33spga2bxdkllqm3ag5sffovg5g7ddmu3vqzkb6k24@jpeg)
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found a new image to burn into my personal philosophy
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
found a new image to burn into my personal philosophy
Mi lectura de Spirit ha llegado a 1945, época en la que Lou Fine vuelve y pierde parte de su energía por un estilo más estático. Como compensación, los tomos incluyen muchas de las tiras e ilustraciones que Eisner hizo para el ejército en la misma época.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Mi lectura de Spirit ha llegado a 1945, época en la que Lou Fine vuelve y pierde parte de su energía por un estilo más estático. Como compensación, los tomos incluyen muchas de las tiras e ilustraciones que Eisner hizo para el ejército en la misma época.
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Hey y'all, I'm trying to survive the last few months of development on 500 Cal, so I'm looking for work. I can do character models, UI, logos, character design, cover art, music videos, consulting, whatever the hell you need. Dm me or email at [email protected]
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Hey y'all, I'm trying to survive the last few months of development on 500 Cal, so I'm looking for work. I can do character models, UI, logos, character design, cover art, music videos, consulting, whatever the hell you need. Dm me or email at [email protected]
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane