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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Happy 25th birthday, PlayStation 2, the last console that truly felt like there was a world of hidden gems to discover
www.eurogamer.net/happy-25th-b...
www.eurogamer.net/happy-25th-b...
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Happy 25th birthday, PlayStation 2, the last console that truly felt like there was a world of hidden gems to discover
www.eurogamer.net/happy-25th-b...
www.eurogamer.net/happy-25th-b...
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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...
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A few months away, but will no doubt come round quick. I'll be giving a talk about Games That Weren't at the Bristol Video Games Expo on the 28th February. I'd better start thinking about train tickets!
🕹️Guest Announced 🕹️- Frank Gasking will be doing a talk about his work preserving #GamingHistory and uncovering what games could have been!
🎮 Grab your tickets NOW! - BristolVGE26.eventbrite.co.uk 🎮
#GamePreservation #BristolVGE #retrogaming #bristol #BristolEvents #gaming #gamingcommunity
🎮 Grab your tickets NOW! - BristolVGE26.eventbrite.co.uk 🎮
#GamePreservation #BristolVGE #retrogaming #bristol #BristolEvents #gaming #gamingcommunity
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A few months away, but will no doubt come round quick. I'll be giving a talk about Games That Weren't at the Bristol Video Games Expo on the 28th February. I'd better start thinking about train tickets!
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OpenAI confirms major security breach, with user names, emails, and more exposed.
Here's what you need to know: buff.ly/B5vTUPy 👇
Here's what you need to know: buff.ly/B5vTUPy 👇
OpenAI confirms major data breach, exposing names, emails and more
Users are waking up to discover OpenAI leaked their data this morning via a faulty third-party plugin. Here's what you need to know.
www.windowscentral.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
OpenAI confirms major security breach, with user names, emails, and more exposed.
Here's what you need to know: buff.ly/B5vTUPy 👇
Here's what you need to know: buff.ly/B5vTUPy 👇
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DiGRA 2026 submission deadline is now December 8th (Anywhere on Earth - 23:59 UTC +12)! www.digraconference2026.com #DiGRA26
DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University, Ireland
Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.
www.digraconference2026.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
DiGRA 2026 submission deadline is now December 8th (Anywhere on Earth - 23:59 UTC +12)! www.digraconference2026.com #DiGRA26
An absolute masterpiece.
It's Black & White Friday: Time Flies is 20% OFF on Steam & PS5! 🔥🖤
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2000120/...
PS5: store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2000120/...
PS5: store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
An absolute masterpiece.
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LOK Digital is coming to Nintendo Switch on December 9th!
Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.
Play the demo and pre-order now:
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.
Play the demo and pre-order now:
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
LOK Digital is coming to Nintendo Switch on December 9th!
Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.
Play the demo and pre-order now:
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.
Play the demo and pre-order now:
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
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Kirby Air Riders just had the biggest launch for a Kirby spin off in Japan, more than twice that of the GameCube original.
Similar to Pikmin, Air Ride was an odd game that sold fairly well for the NGC, interesting what a game on popular hardware can do.
Similar to Pikmin, Air Ride was an odd game that sold fairly well for the NGC, interesting what a game on popular hardware can do.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Kirby Air Riders just had the biggest launch for a Kirby spin off in Japan, more than twice that of the GameCube original.
Similar to Pikmin, Air Ride was an odd game that sold fairly well for the NGC, interesting what a game on popular hardware can do.
Similar to Pikmin, Air Ride was an odd game that sold fairly well for the NGC, interesting what a game on popular hardware can do.
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If you have yet to buy my Minesweeper book, or want to catch up on any of the other great Boss Fight titles, they’re all 25% off with code BFCM25 through Tuesday. Spread the word!
bossfightbooks.com/products/min...
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Minesweeper by Kyle Orland
Release Date: July 12, 2023ISBN: 978-1-940535-32-6208 pages If you had some free time and a Windows PC in the 1990s, your mouse probably crawled its way to Minesweeper, an exciting watch-where-you-cli...
bossfightbooks.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you have yet to buy my Minesweeper book, or want to catch up on any of the other great Boss Fight titles, they’re all 25% off with code BFCM25 through Tuesday. Spread the word!
bossfightbooks.com/products/min...
bossfightbooks.com/products/min...
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Updated the (incomplete) list of basic literature on in-game photography. Feel free to browse if you are interested and let me know if there is literature missing.
#ingamephotography
#literature
#research
#teaching
#virtualphotography
#mediastudies
#gamestudies
#ingamephotography
#literature
#research
#teaching
#virtualphotography
#mediastudies
#gamestudies
Basic Readings on In-Game Photography
This is a list of basic readings on in-game photography as practice, medium, and art Form: Bittanti, Matteo. 2010. “Game Art: Robert Overweg, Streetphotographer in Video Game Worlds.” Weblog. GAMESCENES. ART IN THE AGE OF VIDEOGAMES. 2010. ———. 2011. “The Art of Screenshoot-Ing: Joshua Taylor, Videogame Photographer.” Mister Bit – Wired IT (blog). December 24, 2011.
sebastianmoering.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Updated the (incomplete) list of basic literature on in-game photography. Feel free to browse if you are interested and let me know if there is literature missing.
#ingamephotography
#literature
#research
#teaching
#virtualphotography
#mediastudies
#gamestudies
#ingamephotography
#literature
#research
#teaching
#virtualphotography
#mediastudies
#gamestudies
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La comunidad científica alerta que la inversión multimillonaria en IA de la Unión Europea, anunciada por Ursula von der Leyen, está basada en el ‘marketing’ de las grandes tecnológicas norteamericanas.
✍️ Ramón López de Mántaras (@iiiacsic.bsky.social)
✍️ Ramón López de Mántaras (@iiiacsic.bsky.social)
La UE de Von der Leyen favorece el ‘marketing’ de Silicon Valley para invertir en IA, sin base científica
La comunidad científica alerta que la inversión multimillonaria en IA de la Unión Europea, anunciada por Ursula von der Leyen, está basada en el ‘marketing’ de las grandes tecnológicas norteamericanas...
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
La comunidad científica alerta que la inversión multimillonaria en IA de la Unión Europea, anunciada por Ursula von der Leyen, está basada en el ‘marketing’ de las grandes tecnológicas norteamericanas.
✍️ Ramón López de Mántaras (@iiiacsic.bsky.social)
✍️ Ramón López de Mántaras (@iiiacsic.bsky.social)
Ok, let's do this: here are some of my favourite games of the year.
(I tried to spread the love and this list could change at any point)
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
(I tried to spread the love and this list could change at any point)
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Ok, let's do this: here are some of my favourite games of the year.
(I tried to spread the love and this list could change at any point)
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
(I tried to spread the love and this list could change at any point)
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
One of my favourite games of the year!
We were hit by a strange issue that made it impossible to nominate Öoo for the Steam Awards… it was pretty disheartening 😢
But it looks like the problem has finally been fixed!
If you have a moment, I’d really appreciate your vote 👍
🔗 store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
But it looks like the problem has finally been fixed!
If you have a moment, I’d really appreciate your vote 👍
🔗 store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
One of my favourite games of the year!
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One of my fave bits of fan art. Extremely 'what if Hiroshi Nagai was a fan of the Bonanza Bros'. From 1991
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
One of my fave bits of fan art. Extremely 'what if Hiroshi Nagai was a fan of the Bonanza Bros'. From 1991
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Cardiff University has done a short piece about the work that my PhD student, Emily Bush, is doing. The research explores ecocriticism through Japanese disaster narratives.
#Japan #DisasterStudies #DisasterNarratives #Ecocriticism
You can read the article here:
www.cardiff.ac.uk/stories/expl...
#Japan #DisasterStudies #DisasterNarratives #Ecocriticism
You can read the article here:
www.cardiff.ac.uk/stories/expl...
Exploring ecocriticism through Japanese disaster narratives
PhD student Emily Bush is exploring ecocritical perspectives in media about historical Japanese disasters.
www.cardiff.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Cardiff University has done a short piece about the work that my PhD student, Emily Bush, is doing. The research explores ecocriticism through Japanese disaster narratives.
#Japan #DisasterStudies #DisasterNarratives #Ecocriticism
You can read the article here:
www.cardiff.ac.uk/stories/expl...
#Japan #DisasterStudies #DisasterNarratives #Ecocriticism
You can read the article here:
www.cardiff.ac.uk/stories/expl...
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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The Roberta Williams Anthology / PC / Sierra / 1996
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The Roberta Williams Anthology / PC / Sierra / 1996
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Your Daily Dracula – Count Pacula (2024)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qskT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qskT...
COUNT PACULA (2024) NES / Famicom / Dendy
YouTube video by MODERN RETRO GAMING NEWS
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November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Your Daily Dracula – Count Pacula (2024)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qskT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qskT...
And this one of the main reasons video games are one of the tamest, less challenging mediums. Any attempt to draw outside the lines is cut short by the medium's own structures.
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
And this one of the main reasons video games are one of the tamest, less challenging mediums. Any attempt to draw outside the lines is cut short by the medium's own structures.
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Notas de prensa que no existen refritas por periodistas que no existen y leídas por bots, o sea, lectores que no existen. El ciclo de la vida del periodismo en tiempos de IA está completo.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Notas de prensa que no existen refritas por periodistas que no existen y leídas por bots, o sea, lectores que no existen. El ciclo de la vida del periodismo en tiempos de IA está completo.
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Leslie Scott, the creator of Jenga, has been working on collection of texts on play for years. She has launched a "loose-leaf collection of writings that view play from every angle & and all life through the lens of play". Sign up for the free substack here: boundlessplay.substack.com/about
About - Boundless Play
A loose-leaf collection of writings that view play from every angle & all life through the lens of play - Curated by Leslie Scott. Click to read Boundless Play, a Substack publication. Launched 2 mont...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Leslie Scott, the creator of Jenga, has been working on collection of texts on play for years. She has launched a "loose-leaf collection of writings that view play from every angle & and all life through the lens of play". Sign up for the free substack here: boundlessplay.substack.com/about
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trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
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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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AI in higher education is very simple: the neoliberal demands of the marketplace require institutions to do the song and dance, and it is left to professors to try to mitigate the damage as the only actors who care about actual student learning.
This may be the best thing ive read yet on AI in higher ed, and its written by a Yale undergrad. Highly recommend.
Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI | The New Journal
Amid ChatGPT's rising popularity and a computer science cheating scandal, Yale students, professors, and administrators wrestle privately with the proper role of AI in education. What happens when eve...
thenewjournalatyale.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
AI in higher education is very simple: the neoliberal demands of the marketplace require institutions to do the song and dance, and it is left to professors to try to mitigate the damage as the only actors who care about actual student learning.
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Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’