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Luis Aguasvivas

@aguaspoints.bsky.social
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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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Latin American Games Showcase @lagshowcase.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
LAGS Creator Fest is back! 🎮 30 games from Latin America 📺 190 creators from around the world 🎙️ Gameplay, interviews, giveaways & more Join us October 9 to 11 and discover your next favorite game. Full schedule tomorrow ;) #LAGSCreatorFest
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 1h
Things don't always change for the better.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 14h
It feels like a holiday now.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 14h
Good call.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 15h
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Julie Bjørnskov - working on Escape the Baby Alarm @juliebjornskov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thank you so much for a great interview! And you kind words, it means a lot!
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hot off the keys for @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social! I interviewed the very talented @juliebjornskov.bsky.social about her upcoming game Escape The Baby Alarm. Psychedelic art style, fluid transitions from scene to scene, and complex puzzle design. Bjørnskov is working on something special!
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How Being a Parent Influenced Escape The Baby Alarm — Gamers with Glasses
Luis Aguasvivas and Julie Normann Bjørnskov discuss her game, Escape The Baby Alarm . Their conversation included a consideration of how raising children influenced the game’s design, her pr...
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨 ALERT 🚨: All of Stuart Hall's notebooks have been digitized and are freely available to browse and read??? stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...
Stuart Hall notebook: NOTES ON THE REPRODUCTION OF IDEOLOGIES AND THE MEDIA (Orange notebook, "Summit Students Pad")Stuart Hall notebook page with headline: "Problems for a Marxist Theory of the Media" and a series of bulletpoints. Lined notebook paper with black handwriting.
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 07/10/2026
This year Curationist asked me again to curate a gallery of images from the museum archives it brings together. This time, I’m looking at the moment when Western art (and not only Western art) first encountered climate change during the Little Ice Age
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Donald Duck in the cartoons and the unfortunate victim in real life receive their beatings so that the spectators can accustom themselves to theirs.” - Horkheimer, M. & Adorno, T. W. "The culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception"
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Donald Duck Gets Stuck in Door
ALT: Donald Duck Gets Stuck in Door
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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
what i'm up to these days vijayiyermusic.substack.com/p/scenes-of-...
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scenes of living
and dying
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of my favorites! An amazing experience.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Hanamaru Kindergarten: Hiiragi's Cute Bow
ALT: Hanamaru Kindergarten: Hiiragi's Cute Bow
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Juan T. Salas @lovemeerkat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Si se os pasó la noticia que publicó @chiconuclear.bsky.social en junio y no conocéis aún este juego, no os perdáis la entrevista de @aguaspoints.bsky.social a la autora de Escape The Baby Alarm. www.anaitgames.com/noticias/esc...
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Escape The Baby Alarm convierte la maternidad en una escape room - AnaitGames
La artista Julie Bjørnskov convierte su experiencia como madre en un juego alucinante y alucinógeno, con humor y ternura.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Estoy muy interesado en ese libro.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You are my hero!
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Donald Duck in the cartoons and the unfortunate victim in real life receive their beatings so that the spectators can accustom themselves to theirs.” - Horkheimer, M. & Adorno, T. W. "The culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception"
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Donald Duck Gets Stuck in Door
ALT: Donald Duck Gets Stuck in Door
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hot off the keys for @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social! I interviewed the very talented @juliebjornskov.bsky.social about her upcoming game Escape The Baby Alarm. Psychedelic art style, fluid transitions from scene to scene, and complex puzzle design. Bjørnskov is working on something special!
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How Being a Parent Influenced Escape The Baby Alarm — Gamers with Glasses
Luis Aguasvivas and Julie Normann Bjørnskov discuss her game, Escape The Baby Alarm . Their conversation included a consideration of how raising children influenced the game’s design, her pr...
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Gamers with Glasses @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New interview on the site! @aguaspoints.bsky.social and Julie Normann Bjørnskov talk Escape the Baby Alarm.
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How Being a Parent Influenced Escape The Baby Alarm — Gamers with Glasses
Luis Aguasvivas and Julie Normann Bjørnskov discuss her game, Escape The Baby Alarm . Their conversation included a consideration of how raising children influenced the game’s design, her pr...
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Y'all don't know what y'all about to unleash on the virtual world.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
OMG!!! 😍👻👨‍❤️‍👨
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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NYC | Oct 6 7PM | come thru The Bureau 208 west 13th st #210 for WRITING ON RAVING with this brilliant all-doll line-up | $10- | www.bgsqd.com/event/writin...
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Elizabeth Minkel @elizabethminkel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
WELL. If you wondered why I had zero things to say about the NYT piece on the HR AI fic situation last month...I had zero things to say publicly then. 🥲 Thank you to everyone who discussed this situation with me and read a draft of this. I tried my best to illustrate these longstanding dynamics:
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Lessons From a Heated Media Rivalry
How we learned that the New York Times has a Fansplaining account.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
😂
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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 02/10/2026
During the Steam autumn sale, you can get Perfect Tides: Station to Station for 20% off. Great savings AND an easy way to top off that GOTY list. store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
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Save 20% on Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam
A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while...
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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 01/10/2026
It will never not be fucked up how Nathalie was treated and continues to be treated by this industry.
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Gamers with Glasses @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New review of Future? No Thanks! from contributor @prankorigami.bsky.social . Check out this utopian dream.
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Future? No Thanks!: Maybe Everyone is Worth Celebrating After All — Gamers with Glasses
In Future? No Thanks!, Paolo Pedercini, aka molleindustria , asks, “how many loose ends can you tie up before choosing to die?” Pranav Krishna Kumar considers the perspective of main character Harv...
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Marx's book Blank Space is very good. I have been meaning to get in contact with him do an interview with him and ask him how the book's thesis applies to the video game industry.
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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
i’m also honored to say that my work is being showcased in the ELEKTRA Biennial:F(R)ICTION – Art and Games in Montreal. from October 15 - November 15. themontrealeronline.com/2026/10/elek... the exhibition is titled “Everything Heals, Even This” the name is a nod to Everything is Going to Be Ok. 🥰
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ELEKTRA Biennial: F(R)ICTION - Art and Games - The Montrealer
ELEKTRA Biennial: F(R)ICTION - Art and Games: working at the crossroads of game design and contemporary art.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I love you!
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nobunaga said: "Brush teeth, clean. If they aren't clean, I will kill you." ALBA said: "Brush teeth, clean. If they aren't clean, I will charge you."
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Never assume that I am a good person. Nor for that matter a bad one. You don't know me and I like it that way. Internet friends and followers are not real friends in my book. Never will be.
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Bitcoin Bitaroo Elmo Laser Eyes Meme
ALT: Bitcoin Bitaroo Elmo Laser Eyes Meme
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is the internet's best form.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This looks intriguing, like a squirrel outside the window.
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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hi! I am a femme who primarily works behind the scenes as an editor, but am proud of the critical work I have published about games and film. Most recently, I wrote the cover story for @unwinnable.com's September issue, an excerpt of which is currently available online:
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The Damage Is Done - Unwinnable
The planet Sable knows is a palimpsest – its ecosystem has been overwritten.
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Calligram Studio @calligramstudio.com · 02/10/2026
Phoenix Springs is getting a fun little update for its second birthday.
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Lewis Gordon @lewisgordon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thrilled this one is finally up: for the New York Times, I spoke to @molleindustria.org about his very funny, very revolutionary eco-socialist, open-world adventure, Future? No Thanks! 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/a...
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In This Utopian Video Game, It’s Always Sunny in Pittsburgh (Gift Article)
An academic’s miniature Grand Theft Auto goes beyond critiquing capitalism to show what might come after.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe my favorite issue yet! Also, please check out my awesome interview with @meghna.bsky.social in here.
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 02/10/2026
This week, Artribune published an article of mine about Zach Cregger's Resident Evil. “Resident Evil: The horror comedy about the failure of the millennial generation.”
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Incomprehensible Bias @incomprehensibias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Geller news is heartbreaking. Learning of these crimes always is. Rather than listen to a perpetrator, I recommend reading Nathalie Lawhead‘s important account of outing a rapist and games media‘s subsequent betrayal of her bravery. It must have been so heavy to write. Justice for survivors.
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Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
shot in the dark but do I know anybody on here who is an expert in social media marketing? writing about a particular kind of social media promotion and curious to see if it's a common practice/how it's viewed among industry professionals.
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Spencer Johnson @mayorhere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pragmata asks us not only whether AI can become conscious or achieve some level of personhood, but what role we play in its development. I highly recommend it as one of the must-play games of the year.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you!
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can't believe that I have to talk about Geller situation. Some sick people keep blowing up my email because I reviewed his book last year. I have never met the guy. Nor have I worked with him. If you read the review closely I didn't even like the book. My thoughts are with the survivor.
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No Escape from the Tyranny of Virtue 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · 01/10/2026
Anyway. www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webs...
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Help support NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault by donating or sharing with your friends.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 01/10/2026
“There are a lot of books being published about how Big Tech is ruining our environment and our minds … but Hyperscale is the one I’ve got my eye on this fall.” @literaryhub.bsky.social recommends my book HYPERSCALE on its non-fiction list! Preorder now: hyperscalebook.com
Is Nonfiction in Crisis? These 14 Books Suggest Otherwise

Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data
Empires by Paris Marx

There are a lot of books being published about how Big Tech is ruining our environment and our minds (often by publishers that still think Al might work for them), but Hyperscale is the one I've got my eye on this fall partly because I'm such a fan of author Paris Marx's podcast, Tech Won't Save Us.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Stop Caring rules! I love Stop Caring! I need Stop Caring to keep providing the best writing on games on the internet.
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Funky16Corners @funky16corners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This week’s decidedly feminine edition of Testify! is in the archives. You can dig it at the WFMU page: wfmu.org/playlists/TG #radio #freeform @wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Signing up to this! Very excited to create Vivaville. The only city where everything but water is free.
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Luis Aguasvivas @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very cool!
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