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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Today (11/29) marks the 40th anniversary of the Famicom ver. of classic ADV "The Portopia Serial Murder Case". This version of the game was huge, essentially pioneering the ADV genre on consoles. It notably used a command-driven menu to guide progression due to limited input.
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Today (11/29) marks the 40th anniversary of the Famicom ver. of classic ADV "The Portopia Serial Murder Case". This version of the game was huge, essentially pioneering the ADV genre on consoles. It notably used a command-driven menu to guide progression due to limited input.
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RIP Tom Stoppard. Thank you for giving us one of my favorite examples that bring together two of my loves, games and Shakespeare.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri5H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri5H...
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead clip 'Game of Questions'
YouTube video by aimpublicity
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November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard. Thank you for giving us one of my favorite examples that bring together two of my loves, games and Shakespeare.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri5H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri5H...
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The purpose of a system of is what it does.
OpenAI's Sora Is Letting Teens Generate Videos of School Shootings
OpenAI's Sora 2 easily allows teenagers to generate videos of school shootings and other harmful content, despite repeated claims of safety.
futurism.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The purpose of a system of is what it does.
El libro es un ensayo muy sólido. Parte desde ya de la bibliografía básica sobre el humor, junto a Critchley, Barba, Cohen, Eagleton...
(Y entrevista Rubio Hancock, cuyo libro sobre el humor español es otro imprescindible.)
(Y entrevista Rubio Hancock, cuyo libro sobre el humor español es otro imprescindible.)
"Para mí es un orgullo avergonzarme de chistes que hacía en 2009 porque significa que no sigo haciendo chistes de 2009. Y hemos tenido la suerte de que la audiencia nos ha acompañado".
Xavi Puig, humorista: “A un periodista le pido que desmonte pamplinas”
Autor de un ensayo sobre el humor, el cofundador de ‘El Mundo Today’ asegura que quejarse de que hoy en día no se puede decir nada es comportarse igual que un niño de cinco años
elpais.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
El libro es un ensayo muy sólido. Parte desde ya de la bibliografía básica sobre el humor, junto a Critchley, Barba, Cohen, Eagleton...
(Y entrevista Rubio Hancock, cuyo libro sobre el humor español es otro imprescindible.)
(Y entrevista Rubio Hancock, cuyo libro sobre el humor español es otro imprescindible.)
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Here's a fun Friday afternoon article from me! About the chilling effect of censorship in games, the ethical obligations of being a poweful entity in the medium, and how we respond when video games' freedom of expression - from so many directions - is under siege.
www.eurogamer.net/however-you-...
www.eurogamer.net/however-you-...
However you frame it, Valve's ham-fisted ban of an indie darling is another blow for free expression in video games, and this will always be a tragedy
Free expression in video games is in the spotlight, and Valve's banning of Horses might be only one instance of many that put that expression at risk.
www.eurogamer.net
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Here's a fun Friday afternoon article from me! About the chilling effect of censorship in games, the ethical obligations of being a poweful entity in the medium, and how we respond when video games' freedom of expression - from so many directions - is under siege.
www.eurogamer.net/however-you-...
www.eurogamer.net/however-you-...
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«The global AI industry is fueled by hidden and precarized labor: workers who collect and annotate data, keep data centers running, and mine rare earth minerals—not to mention the artists, translators, writers, and actors whose work fuels so-called generative AI» 📢 NEW PAPER!
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
«The global AI industry is fueled by hidden and precarized labor: workers who collect and annotate data, keep data centers running, and mine rare earth minerals—not to mention the artists, translators, writers, and actors whose work fuels so-called generative AI» 📢 NEW PAPER!
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Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
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There's less than a month until the release of Ranko's new side story, so it's time we start sharing some updates, don't you think? The game's Steam page is now live, so that means... you can now smash that wishlist button‼️
🎄 store.steampowered.com/app/4081900/
🎄 store.steampowered.com/app/4081900/
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There's less than a month until the release of Ranko's new side story, so it's time we start sharing some updates, don't you think? The game's Steam page is now live, so that means... you can now smash that wishlist button‼️
🎄 store.steampowered.com/app/4081900/
🎄 store.steampowered.com/app/4081900/
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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...
bossfightbooks.com/products/min...
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