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jzagal.bsky.social
Dr. José Zagal
@jzagal.bsky.social
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Game scholar, academic, professor at University of Utah's Division of Games Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/ https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 6h
Virtual Boy is aesthetically the coolest looking console
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 1d
As an aside, I'll be digging into your book "A Tale of Two Halves" soon for an academic paper I'm working on with a colleague. I'm hoping it will be a GOLD MINE of neat examples for the thing we want to write about. :-)
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 1d
It's also been a hard mess to follow. I think I only understand two things: (1) Some people don't like the author for reasons and (2) The book's quality of content is not what was expected. Is about the extent of it?
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Hardleg @hardleg.bsky.social · 2d
Had to speed it up to post on BlueSky.
But here's what naneinf looks like.
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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 4d
Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.

#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
I HATE COLLINGWOOD Wolfenstein 3D mod on floppy disk. This version doesn't work. :(
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Elina Roinioti @elroin.bsky.social · 7d
DiGRA 2026 (Ireland) CfP is now live
Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026

www.digraconference2026.com

#games #gamestudies
DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University
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
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 8d
I feel seen. Guess which side of the divide I currently sit on... ;-)
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 9d
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 8d
Introducing the William Volk papers, a new digital collection in the VGHF Library!

Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.

Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
Discovering Activision's early history | VGHF Library Highlights
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 9d
I like to get into my opponent's head and flip 10 tails in a row when it's 55% for heads. Play the long game...
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 12d
@unboxingpod.bsky.social Hearing about your survey results from polling your students was interesting! Any chance you can share the survey questions? I'd like to poll my students (and share the results with ya'll of course)
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 12d
University of Utah here... we have a BS in Games (4 year bachelors) and game industry professionally oriented masters (Masters in Entertainment Arts and Engineering). Our computer students (BS in CS) can also get an emphasis in games (called EAE emphasis). games.utah.edu (go to Menu->Academics)
Utah Games
The Utah Division of Games at the University of Utah is a top-ranked program in video game education and research and is a national...
games.utah.edu
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 13d
New game of the year just dropped.
mtrc.bsky.social
Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 13d
yeah yeah of course im playing the new indie game release about self-hatred and life lessons store.steampowered.com/app/3925760/...
Unfair Flips on Steam
A non-idle clicker game about flipping a coin that hates you. Starting with just a 20% chance of getting heads, can you get ten heads in a row?
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 15d
If you lot can’t handle striped trousers how are you going to deal with me in my 1590 Dice Man outfit 🙄
Drawing from 1590 of a man wearing an outfit and hat covered in dice
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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 16d
Stellar new scholarship on analog games is now at your fingertips!
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Analog Game Studies @analoggamestudies.bsky.social · 16d
Our latest issue of Analog Game Studies is now available!

Daniel Lawson on transmediation and the Marvel Super Heroes RPG, Hugh O’Donnell on tabletop simulations, Brian Jason Thomas on Taskmaster & mental health, and Keith Jones on Around the World in 80 Games.

#StayAnalog

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Analog Game Studies
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 25d
Gracias!
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 26d
It would be extra exciting if they packed in a copy of the book with every purchase! Hey @mitpress.bsky.social and @nintendousa.bsky.social , can we make this happen? A scholar can dream, no?
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 26d
Well, well, well played @nintendousa.bsky.social ! @benjedwards.com and I wouldn't have predicted THIS banger of an announcement... We should plug our @mitpress.bsky.social book "Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy" at this point., no?

www.youtube.com/live/tWIEv_a...
Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025
YouTube video by Nintendo of America
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Noah Wardrip-Fruin @n-w-f.bsky.social · 27d
How did Animal Crossing: New Horizons come to mean so much to so many? Travel back in time with me, five long years back, to the early days of ACNH and the Covid pandemic
Front cover of Animal Crossing: New Horizons book by Noah Wardrip-Fruin
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · 29d
H. Gunther is 100% correct when he told me to "rip & tear"! It's DOOM after all! Thanks so much for the newest addition to the @utah.edu signed-by-alumni game window!
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · Sep 8
And don't miss

SOUL FLIPPER

by the same studio!
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · Sep 6
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · Sep 5
I'm guessing they haven't flipped houses either....
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · Sep 5
New update for @blumakesgames.bsky.social 's Game Feel Simulator just dropped! I'll be using this in game design class later in the semester. blumakesgames.itch.io/game-feel-si...
Game Feel Simulator by BluMakesGames
A 2D platformer game feel educational tool
blumakesgames.itch.io
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · Sep 5
Feeling very to have B. Miller drop by yesterday with CoD: Black Ops 6! I've heard great things about it, and I'm looking forward to enjoyed Ben's work first hand! Thanks! @utah.edu
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Dr. José Zagal @jzagal.bsky.social · Sep 4
Wouldn't you just see the same problem but on the day you opened pre-orders?
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