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M Lupetti

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marxist art & video game critic Artribune, Il manifesto matteolupetti@upandpunch.red they/them My book UDO. Guida ai videogiochi nell'Antropocene is out! nuovesido.it/store/collezione-tebe/…

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Dom Ford @domford.bsky.social · 8h
Thrilled to see this latest special issue of Eludamos out now! Pop open some champagne and read about Party Studies in Game Studies, guest edited and introduced by Leland Masek and @jaakkostenros.bsky.social!
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The Zium Railway (Available September 13th) @theziumsociety.itch.io · 8h
Oh, how about that. Wonderful! Thank you, Matteo!
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 11h
Last Friday, on the Konsigli segment of Radiotelevisione svizzera’s Kappa, I talked about The Zium Railway. Since 2017, @theziumsociety.itch.io has been inviting digital artists into increasingly ambitious digital galleries. Podcast online!
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 28/09/2026
In the game, you can play the role of a housewife and experience all the household chores for yourself. Also, your husband will periodically check how you work.

You will have to cook, wash dishes, wash, iron and dry underwear and socks, and clean the floor.

In addition, you need to monitor your morale and your husband's mood. Take a bath to relax after cleaning, flatter your loved one to cheer him up.
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 27/09/2026
Maybe it's because I live in Italy but I've never heard the song, of the song and of the singer and I thought it was a joke.
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Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"i haven't written a line of code all year!" as though that's something to be impressed by and not an admission that you can't navigate the slop you're pouring out so instead you've just completely surrended your creative capacity
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 27/09/2026
My 9 Games
1. Bientôt l'été
2. Dark Souls
3. Dear Esther
4. Final Fantasy VIII
5. Pathologic
6. Street Fighter II
7. Terranigma
8. Their Angelical Understanding
9. Yoshi's Island
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Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.com · 26/09/2026
I launched my own site today!! www.vgcartography.com all my game maps hi-res, links to videos, and i'm moving any commentary from my blog to get everything in one place free w/o login. tried to make it really easy to use. browse the catalog and gimme feedback!!! 🗺️👀🌐
scrollable game list with platform/tag filters for browsagetext search for game/map names also worksmaps and videos shown in a gridindividual map view with pans and zoomies
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𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 - ℑ𝔰𝔢𝔨𝔞𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔐𝔢, ℭ𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫! @therunepony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So this game called "Dverghold" came across my Steam homepage. Interesting retro vibes, apparently collabing with a dungeon synth artist for the OST. The art was kinda tickling my AI-dar though, so I scrolled down to look for any disclaimers.
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Deep Hell Skeleton @deephelldotcom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ok I did it after thinking for 1 month
image depicts a 3 by 3 grid in order
silent hill 3 no more heroes saints row 3 final fantasy vii cave story the last story zeroranger shivering hearts way of the samurai 2
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artemis, big boss of stop caring @stopcar.ing · 24/09/2026
Somehow, @mads.haus convinced me to publish a Sonic essay on Stop Caring. Please read/share this beautiful essay on Sonic the Hedgehog, its ecological themes, and how Sega's current and future actions might potentially jeopardize its own environmentalist messages. www.stopcar.ing/never-give-u...
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Never Give Up The Fight
A look back at environmentalist themes in the Sonic games—and how Sega might jeopardize them.
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 24/09/2026
New World of Warcraft expansion just dropped.
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 23/09/2026
Italian artist @francescodisa.bsky.social vibecoded a videogame about the world of contemporary art. I discuss it in Italian art magazine @artribune.bsky.social, taking the opportunity to put the arrival of AI slop in videogames into the context of longer-running processes.
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sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now! @sunsetvisitor.studio · 21/09/2026
When we dreamed of a Deluxe Edition, we never thought it would feel this right. Thank you, Kat. Thank you, Fangamer. 💙
A picture of the 1000xRESIST Deluxe Edition with all of its goodies included in the box!
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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
so I guess Polygon is just a pro-gamergate outlet now?
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Kristen Lopez @kristenklopez.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just saw this dropped!! I used the recent Inde Navarette/Jeff S*eider discourse to write about Hollywood's long history of male entertainment journalists writing on women for @salon.com. www.salon.com/2026/09/17/h...
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Hollywood's long history of men who think actresses owe them
Jeff Sneider's threats against Inde Navarrette fit a decades-old pattern in entertainment media.
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Symphony of the Night design documents on display at the Konami booth at TGS. The mock screenshot is incredible
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 14/09/2026
A parody
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026
It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA
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Steam Hype
Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.
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The Zium Railway (Available September 13th) @theziumsociety.itch.io · 13/09/2026
In the Valley of the Underground Mountain, within the compartment nation of Lyptch... 🛤️🏛️🎨The Zium Railway🎨🏛️🛤️ an open world gallery, a new exhibition, now available! Free admission. Be welcomed and enjoy. thezium.art/theziumrailway
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The Zium Railway - Exhibition Now Open
YouTube video by The Zium Gallery
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 11/09/2026
I was watching the trailer for the new Avatar series. I don't know anything about Avatar, I can barely distinguish the two different Avatar brands, but I saw this and thought... isn't the art direction very videogame-influenced in this one?
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 11/09/2026
One of the things I’ve enjoyed writing the most recently was published this week in @artribune.bsky.social: @panachedgames.bsky.social's 1666: Amsterdam as a tribute to the art of the Dutch Golden Age and as a continuation of Patrice Désilets’ exploration of “a world without God.”
Isack Elyas, Merry Company (1629) and 1666: Amsterdam by Panache Jeux Numériques
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 11/09/2026
Last week, on Radiotelevisione svizzera, I talked about The Old Flesh of Nuraga by @studioortica.bsky.social, a horror game set in a fantasy version of the Italian island of Sardinia, among the ruins of a distorted Nuragic civilization.
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Diego Nicolás Argüello @diegoarguello.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
update: i'm parting ways with my freelance news gig at game developer at the end of the month. helping the team since april 2025 has been a great experience and has taught me a lot if you're looking for an experienced b2b news writer, or just an experienced freelancer that can do it all, i'm around
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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 10/09/2026
Only two more days to get Future? No Thanks! at 20% off! An open-world retirement simulator set in a cozy solarpunk Midwest. store.steampowered.com/app/3861870/...
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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 10/09/2026
I'm honored to be the first Moore Family Foundation Artist in Residence. I'll be in the beautiful Umbrian countryside, pondering the future of video games and planning my next moves. mffair.art
The artist pondering
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Future Dr. V @vgtxresearch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Recruiting adults 18+ for Playing with Emotion, my online thesis study on how video game mechanics relate to mood and player experience. playingwithemotion.com
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 10/09/2026
New Kojima game supporting genocide just announced.
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 08/09/2026
The art direction of the Ocarina of Time remake really is "Unreal remake Youtube video".
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 08/09/2026
Growlithe (1453-4)
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 08/09/2026
Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber, 1981)
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 08/09/2026
Look at this fellow in Beato Angelico.
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Andrew | BUY INDIEPOCALYPSE ➡️ BostonFIG @pizzapranks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
With the benefit of actually having all my stuff here, I'm set up with a fresh and new PAX West booth! Stop by booth 1417 and check out the exciting world of indie games! (and their physical releases)
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Hanamigi @hanamigi.com · 05/09/2026
I was thinking of making an account with banca etica (lit. "ethical bank") since their mission is to be a sustainable bank that avoids investments in polluting, warmongering and otherwise damaging ventures, and whose message was that of a mank built for the people. Not anymore I guess.
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 05/09/2026
Banca etica shuts down A/I funds
Autistici/Inventati’s Press Release, 5 September 2026
On Friday, September 4th, Banca Etica met the AI ODV association in a videocall and told us that they are going to shut down our bank account unilaterally, thus terminating our contract for good, and that the funds still on the account, which we raised through donations from thousands of people, organizations and collectives, will not be at the association’s disposal. 

Banca Etica has been spending many words to justify their actions and pretend they are on our side, but their actions counter all of their statements, clearly showing how they are just faithful servants of the US autocrat. 

And this has happened without us being notified or allowed to adequately use our funds or agree upon some kind of solution. 

Banca Etica’s decision has made it impossible for us to honour our administrative committments, to pay our service providers and to provide our users with the services they have chosen us for. 

The AI ODV association has no other option than to pursue all the legal tools available to counter this decision, which we deem illegitimate and unmotivated (at least as things stand at the present moment), so as to be able to access the funds people donated to us.  

Autistici/Inventati Collective
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Humble @humblebundle.com · 04/09/2026
Explore the intriguing tales of the Narrative Masterpieces bundle with games like: - Immortality - Wednesdays - Tavern Talk 2: Dreamwalker - and more! Supports Worldreader | bit.ly/3UvbPTX
Narrative Masterpieces | Humble BundleNarrative Masterpieces | Humble BundleNarrative Masterpieces | Humble BundleNarrative Masterpieces | Humble Bundle
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 05/09/2026
Finally, a new completely useless debate about the "metroidvania" term.
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 04/09/2026
My latest reviews for @artribune.bsky.social: @smestorp.bsky.social & @finjico.bsky.social's 868-BACK, @borbware.itch.io & @coyotetimepub.bsky.social's EMUUROM, Beethoven & Dinosaur & @annapurna.com's Mixtape, Coin Drop Games's TRotEotGRPGoaT, Good-Feel & Nintendo's Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 01/09/2026
Get some rambling Renaissance ridiculousness, brought to life for the very first time! 🖼️ The Immortal John Triptych comes to Switch 2 and PS5, shipping by the end of MAR 2027 🔗⬇️ @joerichardson.bsky.social 🤝 @akuparagames.bsky.social
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artemis, big boss of stop caring @stopcar.ing · 01/09/2026
NEW STOP CARING ESSAY IS LIVE @humblepopstar.bsky.social wrote about Stray Children, playing by the rules, and the painful ways young people are taken advantage of by their elders. It would be so kind of you to read, share, and subscribe. www.stopcar.ing/object-lesson/
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Object Lesson
Learning and unlearning the rules of Stray Children.
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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 01/09/2026
And I do want to stress here that the % is not a typo. 0.1% For every one-THOUSAND copies we sell on Steam, we sell ~ONE~ on itch, and promotion doesn't change that whatsover
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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 01/09/2026
A/I, a small Italian collective that provides secure online services, is being branded a terrorist organization by the Trump administration. "A technological war the US is waging against anyone who asserts autonomy over digital networks and infrastructure" www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/08/29/a...
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A single signature by Trump can remove you from the internet
The Trump administration has likened them to the digital arm of al-Qaeda and, in an unprecedented move, just added them to the list of global terrorist organizations
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 29/08/2026
Today on Italian communist newsaper Il Manifesto: toxic yuri and OXY's GIRLKISS INFINITE CRUCIFIXION.
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 28/08/2026
Sic transit gloria immundi.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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"I'm desperately looking for anybody who knows anybody at Valve": open world satire Future? No Thanks! is still locked in Steam horny jail
Molleindustria's satirical open world game Future? No Thanks! is still rated adults-only on Steam, hiding it from millions, despite the removal of a "sex quest"
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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 27/08/2026
Update: even after we removed the entire sex quest, Steam mis-classifies Future? No Thanks! as pornography, making it invisible to most Steam users and completely geo-locked in Germany. We are currently at Gamescom in Cologne, everybody is asking us why they can't see the PAGE of a Teen rated game.
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 28/08/2026
Last week on Rete Due of Switzerland’s national public broadcaster RSI, I talked about @househouse.com & @panic.com’s Big Walk and the “friendslop” genre. (I'll be back today at 5PM CEST to discuss Saudi Arabia and the videogame industry).
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 27/08/2026
Since I had the opportunity to play Terranigma on the SNES when I was in primary school and it’s the game of my childhood... Let me know if you’d like me to write something about what playing Terranigma was like for me as a child (and then again later, during high school). Reposts appreciated!
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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 27/08/2026
Since I had the opportunity to play Terranigma on the SNES when I was in primary school and it’s the game of my childhood... Let me know if you’d like me to write something about what playing Terranigma was like for me as a child (and then again later, during high school). Reposts appreciated!
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