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Jean Zeid

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"Les jeux vidéo sont la première phase du plan d'assistance des machines à l'espèce humaine, le seul plan qui offre un avenir à l'intelligence."

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Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Aug 5

Voilà un magnifique français !

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Andrews McMeel Publishing @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thank you to @npr.org for featuring The Age of Video Games as a 'New Book to Explore This Week'! www.npr.org/2025/07/22/n...

New books this week explore why shade is so important, the first bird detective, and more

New books published this week include a nostalgic graphic history of video games, a queer, complicated and hopeful novel set in Nigeria, and a biography of a forensic ornithologist.

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Jen Vaughn @thejenya.bsky.social · Jul 23

"How lovely, then, for noobs and old-timers alike to have this visual chronicle sorting out its sometimes-chaotic evolution, from an author, illustrator and translator whose love for the medium — and nostalgia for its sundry eras — shines through virtually every panel." -Colin Dwyer, @npr.org

Screenshot from NPR article: "The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History of Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond, by Jean Zeid, illustrated by Emilie Rouge, translated by Jen Vaughn

Since Pong, granddaddy of them all, began gobbling coins more than half a century ago, video games have lived on change, and not just the kind that buys another round at the arcade. Now settled into respectable (and exceptionally lucrative) middle age, the industry has retained an insurgent's propensity for constant revolution – in technologies, playstyles, producers, you name it. How lovely, then, for noobs and old-timers alike to have this visual chronicle sorting out its sometimes-chaotic evolution, from an author, illustrator and translator whose love for the medium — and nostalgia for its sundry eras — shines through virtually every panel."

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Aug 5

♥️♥️♥️

Jen Vaughn @thejenya.bsky.social · Jul 22

Happy Book Birthday in English to @jeanzeid.bsky.social + Émilie Rouge + @amandameadows.bsky.social + me!

The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History from Pong to VR and Beyond is out from @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social!

Grab a copy at your local comic shop or bookshop: bookshop.org/a/82330/9798...

Image of Jen holding a real version of the comic book in French and posing with a fake version of the book in English. The cover is in Émilie Rouge’s signature teals and salmon pink.

Panel featuring engineer and designer Jerry Lawson, a Black man with a goatee and mustache. He dreamed and created the first interchangeable cartridges for video games

Panels featuring women in games (both white women in this example) including Amy Briggs with her historical romantic adventure, Plundered Hearts, and Jane Jensen joining Sierra On-Line in 1991 and making detective games based on the French quarter of New Orleans called Gabriel Knight.

Panels about Tōru Iwatani, creator of PAC-man. He is a light skinned Japanese man with short black hair. PAC-man was originally called Puck-man but the name was changed for fear of graffiti change pick to ‘fuck’. The game sold 4,300,000 arcade cabinets in a few years!

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Jen Vaughn @thejenya.bsky.social · Jul 22

Happy Book Birthday in English to @jeanzeid.bsky.social + Émilie Rouge + @amandameadows.bsky.social + me!

The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History from Pong to VR and Beyond is out from @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social!

Grab a copy at your local comic shop or bookshop: bookshop.org/a/82330/9798...

Image of Jen holding a real version of the comic book in French and posing with a fake version of the book in English. The cover is in Émilie Rouge’s signature teals and salmon pink.

Panel featuring engineer and designer Jerry Lawson, a Black man with a goatee and mustache. He dreamed and created the first interchangeable cartridges for video games

Panels featuring women in games (both white women in this example) including Amy Briggs with her historical romantic adventure, Plundered Hearts, and Jane Jensen joining Sierra On-Line in 1991 and making detective games based on the French quarter of New Orleans called Gabriel Knight.

Panels about Tōru Iwatani, creator of PAC-man. He is a light skinned Japanese man with short black hair. PAC-man was originally called Puck-man but the name was changed for fear of graffiti change pick to ‘fuck’. The game sold 4,300,000 arcade cabinets in a few years!

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Jun 11

Et non, il n'y a aucun pigeon à l'horizon. Oh, et ce n'est pas une PS5, ne rêvez pas. Le comparatif de taille ne laisse planer aucun doute. C'est une portable de salon. En portable d'ailleurs, elle est super agréable, ma version préférée.

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Jun 11

Plus grande, avec une lumière plus agréable, un sound design de l'interface très séduisant, un eshop enfin à la hauteur et une réussite software au global, font de la machine un must-play dont le prix demeure un frein pour beaucoup, et c'est bien dommage.

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Jun 11

Quelques retours après de longues heures en main : tout ressemble à la première Switch, le dock chauffe vite, autonomie aux fraises, Mario Kart World n'est guère plus beau que Mario Kart 8, le jeu impressionne plutôt par son gameplay exploratoire vertigineux, le jeu de lancement parfait.

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Jun 11

Comme testé il y a quelques semaines en loucedé et comme dit sur @franceinter.fr chez #ZoomZoomZen, si je trouve la console un brin trop chère, et les jeux carrément trop onéreux, la Switch 2 est l'aboutissement hardware d'un concept hybride génial. Et j'avais annoncé le carton !

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Jun 11

La précommande est enfin arrivée, très heureux d'avoir la chance de participer à ce moment de fête que représente une sortie de console Nintendo. Les cris de joie ont résonné dans le salon, c'est bien ce que l'on demande à cette machine familiale en forme de Switch aboutie.

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The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org · May 27

While we saw “Il était une fois le jeu vidéo” release last year, the German version - retitled "Gaming - Eine Pixel-Zeitreise: Ein Sachcomic über Games, Spieledesign und Popkultur" - has just released!

Learn more here 👇

@jeanzeid.bsky.social‬ @tradurietas.bsky.social

The Video Game Library Newsletter - Vol. #009

Amiibo, Atari and Art Books, OH MY! An INSANE week of literary announcements and releases, plus a great interview with gaming historian, Kevin Bunch!

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Bertrand Jouvray @bebjouvray.bsky.social · Apr 7

Gros incendie en cours d'une usine de recyclage dans le 17ème arrondissement

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · Feb 24

It was announced last week that artist Viktor Antonov had died, and it was clear people had a lot of love for him. So I reached out to some former colleagues, like Marc Laidlaw, Harvey Smith, Laura Dubuk and Raphaël Colantonio, who all wrote wonderful tributes.

kotaku.com/viktor-anton...

Remembering Viktor Antonov, Beloved Artist Behind Half-Life 2 And Dishonored

Marc Laidlaw, Harvey Smith, Raphaël Colantonio and others remember a lost friend

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Feb 16

C’est vrai

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Feb 16

C’est si différent de X ici ?

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Académie des Arts et Techniques du Jeu Vidéo @pegasesjeuvideo.bsky.social · Jan 28

Ouverture de la billetterie ✨

📅 Save the date : le 6 mars 2025, rendez-vous à La Cigale, à Paris, pour célébrer les talents de l’industrie du jeu vidéo lors de la 6e Cérémonie des Pégases !

La soirée se prolongera en toute convivialité à La Machine du Moulin Rouge.

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Jan 27

Le physique décroche sèchement.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · Jan 24

The rate of decline in US physical video game software spending accelerated in 2024.

Spending on physical video game software in the US has been cut in more than half since 2021 and is now more than 85% below its 2008 peak.

We'll see if Switch 2 can help slow/reverse this trend in 2025.

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marc rees @reesmarc.bsky.social · Jan 23

Sur X(.)com, le patron de Twitter/X France publie une tribune en réaction aux "récents départs de notre plateforme". Où il regrette que l'entreprise n'ait pas été contactée en amont "dans un certaine nb de cas".
Voilà ce que la même structure répondait aux journalistes, il y a quelques mois à peine

Message du patron de Twitter/X France sur les nombreux départs de la plateforme. Il regrette que dans un certain nombre de cas, "nous n'ayons pas été contactés alors même que les personnes avaient nos coordonnées".

Une réponse du service presse de Twitter/X à un de mes mails adressé en mars 2023, où la plateforme répond automatiquement aux journalistes avec un emoji crotte.

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Académie des Arts et Techniques du Jeu Vidéo @pegasesjeuvideo.bsky.social · Jan 22

Accessibilité & Innovation Technologique dans le jeu vidéo ✨

Appréhender les catégories "Meilleure Accessibilité" et "Meilleure Innovation Technologique" peut être difficile sans informations concernant la vision et le travail du studio sur ces enjeux spécifiques.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Jan 17

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data

If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Jan 16

Adieu. (Très grosse tristesse ici)

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Jan 14

❤️❤️❤️

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · Jan 14

A classic Zelda soundtrack has been added to the Nintendo Music app.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-class...

A classic Zelda soundtrack has been added to the Nintendo Music app | VGC

The Wind Waker is the 34th soundtrack to be added to Nintendo Music…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Dec 3

Trop

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Dec 3

Et bon anniversaire à la révolution ludique qu'était cette console. il y a 30 ans.

Jean Zeid @jeanzeid.bsky.social · Nov 28

Merci l'ami !