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M Lupetti

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marxist art & video game critic Artribune, Il manifesto [email protected] they/them My book UDO. Guida ai videogiochi nell'Antropocene is out! https://nuovesido.it/store/collezione-tebe/udo-guida-ai-videogiochi-nellantropocene/

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · Nov 14

My talk for the V Conference in Defence of Video game's Digital Rights is now available online (in English). If games are the art of agency, and the Anthropocene is (also) a crisis that concerns human and nonhuman agency, are games/videogames the art of the Anthropocene?

youtu.be/8O2UiT0RVCY?...

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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 1d

Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...

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Kas @thestaticman.bsky.social · 2d

My 6-year game project about Iran, my family, the apocalyptic scenario of nuclear war, and the tragedy of suicide — Onto Maizilind Unto Infinity — comes out tomorrow on Steam and Itch!

Could not have made it this far without @yulelepalacios.bsky.social and his beautiful artwork!

Onto Maizilind Unto Infinity Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by Kasrah Ghobadi

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 4d

It was clear you do not support those opinions

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Patrick @vectorpark.com · 4d

Windosill is bundled with the lovely musical game ODDADA. Get 'em both on sale!

Sven Ahlgrimm • ODDADA @svenahlgrimm.bsky.social · 4d

Windosill was one of the biggest inspirations for ODDADA, so we’re now very happy to present a bundle with both games in it!

store.steampowered.com/bundle/60016

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 4d

Now he looks like this.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 5d

It's worth reading this and some of the quotes people have made, to make an informed decision about supporting the SNES RPGs book.

St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 6d

Let's hope the book doesn't have a section on Brazil or "third world countries"

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 4d

"definitive" as in "final solution".

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St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 6d

Let's hope the book doesn't have a section on Brazil or "third world countries"

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Richard A Carter @richardacarter.bsky.social · 7d

"Boid Poems" has now been published via the @ailiteraryreview.bsky.social - Combining swarming a-life algorithms with language attractors, the words of this interactive piece formate into different visual and semantic structures. Preview below, live link here: ailiteraryreview.co.uk/issue06

Boid Poems - Richard A Carter

YouTube video by AI Lit Review

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 10d

🌎🌎🌎NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!💀💀💀

Introducing *Earth Must Die* from @danthat.bsky.social

A dark comedy adventure game featuring the voices of Alex Horne, Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas and more

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

RTs extremely appreciated!!!! <3 <3

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 21d

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️

Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW!

Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 11d

A new article about the long relationship between games and war for Italian communist newspaper Il Manifesto and my latest Margini videoludici (At videogame margins) column, with @kdx.re's we reshaped the immutable sky.

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Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 13d

Following pressure, Microsoft has finally shut off Israel's access to Azure cloud technology that it used to spy on Palestinians.

Microsoft Finally Blocks Israeli Military From Using Its Tech To Spy on Palestinians

Following reporting last month, Microsoft has finally shut off Israel's access to Azure cloud technology used to spy on Palestinians.

www.endlessmode.com

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 13d

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 13d

www.the-bunker.it/en/videogame...

Videogames for War, Videogames Against War – THE BUNKER

www.the-bunker.it

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 13d

Videogames as a disputed toy between war and peace. My latest for The Bunker, with comments from Marco Minoli, publishing director at Slitherine Games, and from renowned artist @josephdelappe.bsky.social about his work inside U.S. Army's recruitment videogame America's Army. Article in English

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Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social · 14d

now that Disney is in the discourse, i must now share the recent conversation i had with @vickyacab.bsky.social for the UK-based TANK magazine on her upcoming book about Disney: as well as Nintendo as a Disney analog, the current state of art in culture, and much more tank.tv/magazine/iss...

Conversations - the mouse trap — TANKtvConversations - the mouse trap

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 13d

www.artribune.com/progettazion...

Un videogioco per attendere la fine del mondo (e altri nuovi titoli)

Tra decluttering, scalate e catabasi, ecco 5 nuovi titoli per gli appassionati del mondo videoludico

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 13d

In my monthly review column on Italian art magazine @artribune.bsky.social: @artis-impact.bsky.social, Benjamin Pilbrow's Clean Break, @fakefrogsonly.bsky.social, @rlnbrl.com &
@stuffedwomb.at's FALLSTRUKTUR, @okomotive.ch & @panic.com's Herdling and @cathroon.itch.io's _ΩMEGA_POINT.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 14d

America 2025. Please Don’t Offend The White Supremacists

4 panel comic

Panel 1: On the left hand side of the panel a member of the KKK is snivelling like a pissy little baby. A Red Guy and a Purple Guy stand next to him. The Red Guy says to the Purple Guy, “Look what you’ve done”

Panel 2: The Red Guy continues “You’ve upset this poor, sweet racist”
the little KKK bitch whimpers “I don’t even feel like lynching a black person”

Panel 3: The Red Guy goes on with disgusting sympathy “He doesn’t even feel like lynching a black person”

Panel 4: The Red Guy says “And that’s his FAVOURITE thing to do” he puts his arm around the whiny little pointy robed cunt.

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 15d

Do any of you have access to the machinima SonicJihad: A Day in the Life of a Resistance Fighter? Reposts appreciated, thank you.

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amr al-aaser @siegarettes.bsky.social · 19d

INCOMING CANON FIRE!

You may have heard of Asuka 120%, the legendary all girls fighter that inspired the anime fighter subgenre.

But did you know the original designer collaborated with the creators of Steins;Gate and Corpse Party to create a spiritual successor?

canonfire.net/post/7951417...

054: Phantom Breaker Omnia

CANON FIRE is made possible by the contributions of generous readers like you. Thank you! You can support more writing like this on Patreon. An obscurity in the English language fighting game scene,.....

canonfire.net

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 17d

I keep this Kongregate image around as a reminder of how easily huge chunks of the video game scene can vanish without a trace.

Similarly, ゲームアツマール (kinda like Japan's Newgrounds, but based on RPG Maker) died in 2023 without a single note on Western media... how many die without us even knowing?

An infographic describing several stats surrounding the Kongregate website, such as having over 100,000 games from 29,600 developers, a total of 3 billion plays, etc

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Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 19d

Palestinian Voices in Games announced - a network of more than 50 industry professionals supporting Palestinian video game creators, with 4 games currently receiving help.

(Read more: Palestinian Voices in Games)

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