Luis Aguasvivas

Luis Aguasvivas

@aguaspoints.bsky.social

Tokyo based Game Critic - NPR Contributor Debug Mag Columnist Member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle - DiGRA Words: Unwinnable, Gamers with Glasses, PopMatters, Game Informer, Ars Technica & other places aguaspoints.com

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Giovanni Colantonio
@marioprime.bsky.social

Excited as always to celebrate great games while raising money for a great local cause. Come through if you’re in town! It’s a fun time!

New York Videogame Critics Circle@nyvgcc.bsky.social

The New York Game Awards return Jan 19 at 7PM at SVA Theatre with two new hosts! Please welcome Lara Lunardi and @ardaocal.bsky.social to the stage! Get Tickets: events.humanitix.com/nygameawards16

events.humanitix.comThe 16th Annual New York Game AwardsJoin us at the New York Game Awards to celebrate the best in gaming with top creators, hosted by the NY Videogame Critics Circle!

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こみ
@komi-tsu.bsky.social

Game Night Series 小光とあそばnight! vol.20 〜コツコツ、わくわく〜 2026.10.31(土) 16:00~ at コ本やhonkbooks (神楽坂) 今回はゲストに香山哲さんをお迎えして、『MYST』(1993)やダイソーで販売されていたゲーム、Tivola社の体験版などを少しずつプレイ！参加者も一緒に遊べる、ゆるいイベントです。 🪑 20名 🎟️ 2500円 同時開催中の展示会作品試遊可能 + スペシャルZINEつき📔💿️ 予約はこちら▷ teket.jp/18875/80329　 #あそばnight

teket.jpコ本や honkbooks 10周年記念企画 Game Night Series〈小光とあそばnight!〉 vol.20 ～コツコツ、わくわく～【コ本や honkbooks】【電子チケット】10/31　アーティスト小光が、90年代CD-ROMソフトをWindowsXPで実演するシリーズ企画。 今回はゲストに香山哲さんをお迎えして、『MYST』(1993) やゲームの体験版などを少しずつプレイ。 参加者も一緒に遊べる、ゆるいイベントです。 プレイ予定ソフト ・MYST (1993) [theca（コ本や honkbooks） 東京都新宿区山吹町294小久保ビル2F][...

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ohfivepro.bsky.social
@ohfivepro.bsky.social

Please continue to support Arcade Archives so that Hamster can afford enough chairs for future streams If Namco decides to send more staff than the absolute bare legal minimum next time, we could be in trouble😉 You love to see it🏁

ohfivepro.bsky.social@ohfivepro.bsky.social

Remember when Bandai Namco said they weren't going to be participating in Hamster's livestreams a few months ago? Luckily no-one seems to give a shit so there's 8 of the Victory Lap devs + Udetsu appearing this week🏁 Nature is healing etc

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Felipe Pepe
@felipepepe.bsky.social

While we're all sad for BioWare please remember video games are a vast medium that goes far beyond commercial products. Years before BioWare people were already making extremely gay & horny games. This is a normie-ass magazine from 1994 and already has a whole section about sex & furry MUDs lol

Luis Aguasvivas
@aguaspoints.bsky.social

Insane treasure trove. This picture of Iwata, Miyamoto, and more importanly, Iwai Toshio.

Video Game History Foundation@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social

NEW in our digital archive: Explore a golden age of gaming with the Colin Williamson photography collection, featuring over 300 photos from game events and culture in 2000s Japan. 📸🗾 https://gamehistory.org/williamson-photos/

Luis Aguasvivas
@aguaspoints.bsky.social

MYST!!!!!!

こみ@komi-tsu.bsky.social

Game Night Series 小光とあそばnight! vol.20 〜コツコツ、わくわく〜 2026.10.31(土) 16:00~ at コ本やhonkbooks (神楽坂) 今回はゲストに香山哲さんをお迎えして、『MYST』(1993)やダイソーで販売されていたゲーム、Tivola社の体験版などを少しずつプレイ！参加者も一緒に遊べる、ゆるいイベントです。 🪑 20名 🎟️ 2500円 同時開催中の展示会作品試遊可能 + スペシャルZINEつき📔💿️ 予約はこちら▷ teket.jp/18875/80329　 #あそばnight

teket.jpコ本や honkbooks 10周年記念企画 Game Night Series〈小光とあそばnight!〉 vol.20 ～コツコツ、わくわく～【コ本や honkbooks】【電子チケット】10/31　アーティスト小光が、90年代CD-ROMソフトをWindowsXPで実演するシリーズ企画。 今回はゲストに香山哲さんをお迎えして、『MYST』(1993) やゲームの体験版などを少しずつプレイ。 参加者も一緒に遊べる、ゆるいイベントです。 プレイ予定ソフト ・MYST (1993) [theca（コ本や honkbooks） 東京都新宿区山吹町294小久保ビル2F][...

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Leigh Alexander
@leighalexander.bsky.social

5 people in the industry still see value in attending and of those, only 3 can afford it. one of them is speaking

Vertical Slice@verticalslice.news

GDC is ditching Fridays to become four-day event in 2027 Event organiser Informa said the annual game industry conference is "concentrating" its programming and will now run Monday through Thursday

verticalslice.newsGDC is ditching Fridays to become four-day event in 2027Event organiser Informa said the annual game industry conference is "concentrating" its programming and will now run Monday through Thursday.

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Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦
@raphlife.bsky.social

People using AI to reverse engineer games to then turn around and publish clones is straight up theft. Why is anyone pretending otherwise? The only thing genAI is good at making is fucking talentless thieves. Prosecute the lot of them. Sue them to hell.

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George Young
@vitageorge.bsky.social

Hey gamers! I'm thinking of creating a women-led luxury gaming magazine or book. I have a quick 4 question survey to gauge interest in it. Please fill it out even if it's a "not for me" it would be hugely helpful. Also please share so I can get more data! forms.gle/ZD9Gen7C4foe...

forms.gleLuxury Gaming Books and Magazine SurveyAs layoffs are rampant in the industry and indie journalism is popping up, I want to just look into what the appetite is for this in a physical form. In particular, as women seem to have been more lik...

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Coca News
@cocanews.bsky.social

ORIGAME DIGITALが最新作「ペンギン・コロニー」のイスラエル向け販売を停止、開発者にはゲームの販売地域を決定する権利がある « doope! 国内外のゲーム情報サイト https://www.wacoca.com/news/2961727/ 先日、当サイトのレビューを通じて、ここ数年で最も重要なビデオゲームとして、できるだけ多くの方にプレイして欲しいとご紹介したORIGAME DIGITALの最新作「ペンギン・コロニー」（Penguin Colony）ですが [...]

wacoca.comORIGAME DIGITALが最新作「ペンギン・コロニー」のイスラエル向け販売を停止、開発者にはゲームの販売地域を決定する権利がある « doope! 国内外のゲーム情報サイト - News | wacoca.com「doope!」は、国内外の様々なゲームニュースをお届けする情報サイトです。

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Justine Peres Smith
@redroomrantings.bsky.social

In 2017, I wrote about my obsessesion with nun cinema for Cléo: A Feminist Film Journal (RIP). With the re-release of The Devils, I thought it was an appropriate time to reshare the essay, which includes many observations on Ken Russell’s masterpiece. cleojournal.com/2017/04/21/w...

cleojournal.comWhen Hard Meets Soft: The Painful Pleasures of Nunsploitation Cinema - cléoAn exploration of The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971), Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977), School of the Holy Beast (1974) and Behind Convent Walls (1978).
Luis Aguasvivas
@aguaspoints.bsky.social

Yo! That's what's up! Really smart game. So many layers.

Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.@ghmofficial.bsky.social

Exactly 20 (!!) years ago today, Contact - another pretty deep-ass deep-cut in the GhM catalog - was released on the Nintendo DS in North America🥳🛸 Happy (North American) birthday, Terry & Professor!😁🎂

Luis Aguasvivas
@aguaspoints.bsky.social

I got some stuff in the works on this. Stay tune. It will be in the pizza category!

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social

Ex-ZA/UM developers reveal Red Rooster, an "incendiary RPG" that is very intentionally not trying to be a "Disco Elysium successor" or "Disco-like". https://bit.ly/47UxacE

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Nathalie Lawhead
@alienmelon.bsky.social

sharing one last time because this game deserves a lot more attention. it’s a beautiful gem.

Nathalie Lawhead@alienmelon.bsky.social

of pawns & kings is an incredibly beautiful game. i need everyone to see this maximalist aesthetic 💕👌 store.steampowered.com/app/1579330/... another indie game hidden gem

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Chris Bratt
@chrisbratt.bsky.social

“I don’t think a union would be a significant change to our business," says Rockstar Head of Publishing, Jennifer Kolbe at the tribunal today. This follows her having said “...if they want a union, they will have a union," in a recent Bloomberg article.

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Killscreen
@index.killscreen.com.ap.brid.gy

Paolo Pedercini's Molleindustria cast an ecosocialist Pittsburgh from a volunteer theater's regulars, then brought it back to the neighborhood.

killscreen.comLIKELIKE's year closed with a party for Future? No Thanks!On Friday, Oct. 2, LIKELIKE, the neo-arcade Paolo Pedercini directs at 205 N. Evaline St. in Pittsburgh's Garfield neighborhood, opened from 7 to 11 PM for one night during the Unblurred gallery crawl. The occasion was a late release party for _Future? No Thanks!_ , the Molleindustria game that had been on Steam since Sept. 4. The announcement billed it as the last LIKELIKE event of the year and promised merch and a chance to meet the local cast. 0:00 /0:24 1× The opening of the announcement trailer for __Future? No Thanks!__ , silent here. The full trailer with sound is on Steam. _Future? No Thanks!_ is an open-world comedy set in an ecosocialist Pittsburgh in 2045, where Harvey Huffstone, a grumpy elder, works through a bucket list before a self-scheduled euthanasia. The credits list more than 40 voice performers, drawn, LIKELIKE says, from the community around Glitterbox Theater, a volunteer-run venue in Homestead. Tenley Schmida directed the voices and performed the motion capture, Dave English plays Harvey, and Glitterbox co-founder Teresa "Tree" Martuccio has a part. The same page dates the work: made "between January 7, 2021 and July 9, 2026 in Pittsburgh, PA." Getting there was rough. Valve held the game in review past its July 22 launch over what Molleindustria described as "dozens of untextured polygons," then gave it an adults-only rating that the Pedercini called "the most humiliating and surreal experience in 20+ years of game making." The rating came down in late August. Scenes from __Future? No Thanks!__ Images: Molleindustria via Steam Release parties in neighborhood arcades rarely make the games press. Killscreen's free newsletter exists for exactly that kind of night: independent and experimental game culture, three times a week. Get the free newsletter

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Carnegie Mellon University Press
@cmupress.bsky.social

Announcing the newest peer-reviewed series for Carnegie Mellon University Press: games! This week during @meaningfulplay.bsky.social, we're launching our first-ever CFG (call for games) for Promptuary, a playable anthology. www.cmu.edu/university-p... #boardgames #tabletopgaming #stayanalog

cmu.eduGamesCarnegie Mellon University Press has expanded publishing to include a new series of tabletop games, one of the first game series by a university press.

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Jordan Minor
@jordanwminor.bsky.social

📣Introducing VIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR: THE BOOK: THE BLOG📣 My new ongoing personal project, even more essays on even more games, from across all styles and eras. It's your favorite video game history book but online. Check it out, now on Patreon www.patreon.com/cw/VGOTY

patreon.comVideo Game of the Year by Jordan Minor — Your favorite video game history book but online.Get more from Video Game of the Year by Jordan Minor on Patreon. Your favorite video game history book but online.. Support Video Game of the Year by Jordan Minor and get exclusive access to their wor...

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Calligram Studio
@calligramstudio.com

Hot off the press 🔥 Thank you @aguaspoints.bsky.social for the lovely chat. Loads of love to the @debugmag.com team who are still doing such great work to showcase smaller indies.

Luis Aguasvivas@aguaspoints.bsky.social

In my latest installment of my column the Anthropocene Medium for @debugmag.com, I talked with Jigmé Özer of Calligram Studio (@calligramstudio.com). This is one of the hottest interviews I have ever conducted. www.teamdebug.com/issue/18

teamdebug.comDebug #18 // Planted! | Debug MagazineDebug #18 is packed with previews, reviews, features, and interviews...