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Tomás Grau de Pablos

@tomgaar.bsky.social
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Él. Crítico y profesor de Game Studies y estudios culturales japoneses. diariodejuegos.blog

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sakajun @sakajun.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
月世界へ (アポロ月面着陸成功の貢献者、技術者マーガレット・ハミルトンさん) ※過去作。
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vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor @ellaguro.bsky.social · 12h
man i love the "but we're all one big family!! how could you do this to me???" indie toxi posi culture, fuck the scabs who torpedoed the unionizing efforts and pulled up the ladder behind them. slimy shit.
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gate @gate.itch.io · 20h
hello i have no shame in using any mention of jon blow to advertise my game again. store.steampowered.com/app/3641010/...
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Derelict Star on Steam
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict fr...
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Revista LOOP 😊😞vkm.is/loop6 @revistaloop.bsky.social · 17h
¡Estamos en el SAGA Barcelona Game Fest! ✨ Podéis encontrarnos al lado de la zona Nintendo con todas las LOOP hasta la fecha y un buen cargamento de ejemplares de nuestros dos primeros lanzamientos de LOOP#Collections: ¡Jugar a vivir y Recuperar el porvenir! Pasaos a ojear, saludar, o comprar 💥
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🍁 Mateo 🌨️ @mathewtheprecursor.bsky.social · 17h
you know the drill vkm.is/loop6
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Participa en el Crowdfunding "LOOP Año 6" en Verkami
Dos nuevos números para el sexto año de LOOP, la premiada revista de videojuegos y editorial independiente. Temáticas: 😊😞
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🍁 Mateo 🌨️ @mathewtheprecursor.bsky.social · 17h
Chavalada de Barcelona, hagan el favor de dar amor a las loopers que estarán ahí dando el callo mientras nos comen los nervios por el Verkami ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Amid Amidi @amidamidi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Director John Hubley and dancer Olga Lunick, who served as the dance reference for the 1951 UPA short “Rooty Toot Toot.” The drawings here are Hubley’s character development studies.
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Zera / Corey Jae 🏳️‍⚧️ @coreyjwhite.com · 20h
Bluesky mods arbitrarily banning a bunch of trans women: At Bluesky we have a science-based moderation system. It's called the SCUM system, which stands for...
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Tomás Grau de Pablos @tomgaar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Eeei que ja hi són les conferencias que van preparar el industrioso @parrhieu.bsky.social al espai de @cotxerescasinet.bsky.social! I @hugomgris.bsky.social i jo vam parlar de la nostra perspectiva sobre la crítica de videojocs i a on anem amb el podcast!
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krugman @動作不良品(カビ) @krugman.net · 08/10/2026
here's something a little outside my expertise: a digital recreation of four elemecha arcade racing cabinets, for win95 and 3.1 - rare, absurdly niche, undumped, all that good stuff. requested by someone knows this stuff, haha. enjoy! archive.org/details/trot...
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MAD ANGLER PRESS @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mad Angler Press would like to share our formal release of Rose-Colored Circus Troupe's 4th Issue Hakumeikin, also known as White Harp — Garma Roman Album. Released in 1983, this aesthetic text is a goudoushi by several prominent fujo mangaka of their day. More below:
A highly colorful art nouveau inspired cover of Garma Zabi from the vintage 1983 Gundam doujinshi White Harp, created as a survey on Charma, or Char x Garma. The colors are pink, brown, violet and beige. A highly colorful art nouveau inspired cover of Char Aznable from the vintage 1983 Gundam doujinshi White Harp, created as a survey on Charma, or Char x Garma. The colors are pink, brown, violet and beige.
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MAD ANGLER PRESS @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In lieu of a conversation happening on Twitter over the Heated Rivalry actor being grilled over fanfics about him, When I met Yoshikazu Yasuhiko in Hyogō, I managed this once in a lifetime event with humility and honesty. I don't discuss this often, so I suppose I can now in tandem with this event:
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Tomás Grau de Pablos @tomgaar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
El Grupo de Sydney Lumet me está entreteniendo mucho
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Fernando Porta @ferporbar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Vamos, que nos entran las dudas sobre el proyecto de todos los años y nos ponemos de los nervios. Así que si conocéis a alguien que le pueda interesar @revistaloop.bsky.social, apoyarlo o si podéis echar una mano difundiendo vkm.is/loop6, estaremos eternamente agradecidos. ¡Por un nuevo bucle!
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Participa en el Crowdfunding "LOOP Año 6" en Verkami
Dos nuevos números para el sexto año de LOOP, la premiada revista de videojuegos y editorial independiente. Temáticas: 😊😞
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kastelpls (かすっち) @highimpactsex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
oh yeah, i made this visual novel. people should play it. bsky.app/profile/high...
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scrmbl @scrmbl.com · 07/10/2026
Miki Matsubara's rare 1981 release My Best 16 is getting a physical reissue in November. Curated by Matsubara herself, the collection features 16 tracks showcasing her range as an artist including her global hit “Mayonaka no Door ~Stay with me”.
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Tomás Grau de Pablos @tomgaar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is how I originally experienced Mazinger Z and Devilman in the 2000s
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Rage_Beat06 @bblm2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#newupload Hey guys, Today I bring to the table the Crime Crackers Artbook in very high quality. Check it out here: archive.org/details/crim... A big thanks to @aeongenesis.net for lending it to me. Its such beautiful art
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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
ScummVM began testing support for a 1994 DOS shareware adventure game "Lord Avalot d'Argent" www.scummvm.org/news/20261006/
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Mark Simmons @toysdream.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The inevitable split: My MS Library is now divided into sub-pages. Right now, there are just two... Universal Century series: www.gundamunofficial.com/mslibrary/un... Alternative series: www.gundamunofficial.com/mslibrary/al... Main page with introductory notes: www.gundamunofficial.com/mslibrary/
A totally gratuitous lineup of sexy Gundams.
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Jo-eek! ‘Dead-chibe' W. 👻 @thestacks.ca · 04/10/2026
ゲームウォッチ [Game Watch!] Vol. 1 (August 1999) has been scanned and archived, please enjoy! archive.org/details/Game...
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Revista LOOP 😊😞vkm.is/loop6 @revistaloop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Las Gracias ☺︎ y las Moiras ☹︎ ya han tejido los hilos del destino. ✍️ dos nuevos números: LOOP#Felicidad/Tristeza y otro por desvelar. 📓 un fanzine sobre emociones 👥 un equipo de +50 personas 👇Trailer y link al crowdfunding👇 Ayúdanos a hacer realidad un año más de LOOP. Apóyanos en ☞ vkm.is/loop6
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 06/10/2026
Oh dang. Apparently on top of this being Viktor Antonov's (Half-Life 2, Dishonored, etc) last work, the lead gameplay designer made the *Pathologic board game*. Helps explains why this might be one of the weirdest shooters I've ever played, completely willing to throw all accepted wisdom aside.
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goose pimple aka "the mind fucker" @goosepimple.moe · 03/10/2026
not all that recent but this is the latest piece of mine that got published! longform criticism / personal essay about marathon, zone fiction, and yuri of absence -- a love letter to the distance between two shotgun blasts bsky.app/profile/bpmo...
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Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Numerous people have already been pointing out for days that western reporting on this is an embarrassingly inaccurate game of telephone, so I'll instead reiterate that it doesn't cost that much to just have a real translator on standby to vet such reports. I know budgets are tight, but come on.
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RockmanCosmo @rockmancosmo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The i-mode and Yahoo Keitai ports of Rockman 3 were preserved by Xyz and LNRC! Our i-mode copy dates to 2005 and has 攻略モード, which lowers the game's difficulty. Our Yahoo Keitai copy (this post's video) is an updated release. Later iOS/Android ports of Rockman 3 appear to be based on it.
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Pedro Menos @pedromenos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
se cada um matar um bolsonarista, temos chances de virar!
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MAD ANGLER PRESS @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
After a years long search for a copy, Mad Angler Press would like to formally introduce a 4K/HD scan of GUNSIGHT Phase 0, a text that is a cornerstone as to how we understand Mobile Suit Gundam's lore today. To view the text, please visit below:
The front cover of GUNSIGHT - Phase 0, illustrated by a young Haruhiko Mikimoto, in 1979. Gunsight served as the bedrock for understanding lore about 0079's universe and Mobile Suit Gundam and was released during Comiket 13. The text served as the basis for canonizing said lore for Gundam Century, was read actively by Studio II and Sunrise staff, praised by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and has become indefinitely rare to acquire. 

Scanned and uploaded for the first time in history by Mad Angler Press and Chris de la Bigne, for insight into your future.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Gaza documentary NAZA beats Avengers Endgame: Encore to top Italian box office
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Gaza documentary NAZA beats Avengers Endgame: Encore to top Italian box office
Award-winning, Guardian-produced film focused on Israel’s mass killing of civilians extends run after sold-out screenings NAZA, the award-winning documentary about Israel’s systemic mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, has opened at No 1 at the Italian box office, beating rival titles including Avengers Endgame: Encore, which came in at No 2. The 80-minute film was booked for a three-day run in Italy, but after sold-out auditoriums and positive audience reaction, its release window will be extended. On its opening day on Monday, the documentary took a total of €451,872, with a per site average of €1,153. Continue reading...
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Tomás Grau de Pablos @tomgaar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lo que decían les traductores y localizadores hace casi 14 sobre el trabajo de traducir videojuegos. No me extraña que haya tanta compañía entusiasmada por usar IA ante este panorama de invisibilización y minusvaloración.
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Pablo G. Freire @pablogfreire.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No se podrán meter en el mismo saco, pero bien que ponen los mismos precios...
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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is what I'm talking about when I bring up that genAI bots are making it impossible for an open web to actually exist. It becomes expensive, a pain, and domain providers like cloudflare are profiting off both the people making bots and the people who don't have the tech skills to fight them off
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Blur @tomboypepsilove.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Watched an El Santo movie and I htink the funniest thing to me is that he's simultaneously played as a detective superhero yet he's also still an in-universe wrestler, so he has to pause the plot to go wrestling three separate times
El Santo on a phonecall: "When I develop it, it'll be confirmed. Got to go wrestling."
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downchasm @downchasm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
interesting to see Zelda fanart from 1986 when the game and characters were still brand new to people
ファミリーコンピュータマガジン 1986年6月号 (scanned by hubz)ファミリーコンピュータマガジン 1986年6月号 (scanned by hubz)ファミリーコンピュータマガジン 1986年6月号 (scanned by hubz)ファミリーコンピュータマガジン 1986年6月号 (scanned by hubz)
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Elena de Lara @eledelara.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Fully Automated @fullyautomatedluxury.com · 03/10/2026
final panel shows nancy looking behind the bushes but the text from r crumbs "lookit that stupid ass-hole!" meme panel placed atop it so that nancy is looking in disgust at sluggo saying 
"I loathe ever person i see on the street! Lookit that stupid ass-hole!"
with text saying "normal guy" pointing at sluggo.
the whistling from the original panel has been removed and the whistling from the r crumb panel has been placed there instead.
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Sean Seanson @seanseanson.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Will always love Omega Boost for sampling Julie Andrews and making it cool as shit
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graphi 💐 @graphite.neocities.org · 03/10/2026
fur affinity has been running for 21 years, is one of the largest archives of queer art online, and one of the few art sites that has not switched to some kind of infinite feed bullshit and it's being strangled over "adult" art. suspiciously wealthy furries now is your time to paypig for culture
What makes this situation frustrating is that the bar for what advertisers consider “adult content” is very very low. For example they consider plus size characters, two characters hugging, and “barbie doll nudity” to be adult content, despite these being normal everyday things that are not adult at all. This is why you may see other sites with restrictions on how characters can’t be posed or dressed “too provocatively.”

We receive a daily list of items that they have flagged as violations and have to sort through them. If they’re legitimate violations, we re-rate them. If they aren’t, we don’t touch them. Submissions that are not violations of our policies are still held against us.

We have had many email conversations, Zoom calls, and even an in-person meeting with representatives to help resolve this to no avail.
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Tomás Grau de Pablos @tomgaar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
En fin, estoy leyendo sobre la historia de Steam Greenlight y la industria indie y acordándome sobre Rock Simulator 2014
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Tomás Grau de Pablos @tomgaar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is why, whether the response takes the form of a self-flagelating act of quasi-Catholic proportions or a more standard form of mob-based ostracism (what we usually call "cancel culture"), justice won't be served either way, because it has to be served elsewhere and without our involvement.
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Tomás Grau de Pablos @tomgaar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Point being (in case you understandably don't want to give X traffic) is that r*p* culture has thoroughly integrated with the way we bring about this crime to the social arena, and in the process have thoroughly dismissed the victim and their needs in favor of flashier, decidedly self-serving means.
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Tomás Grau de Pablos @tomgaar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So much of what's transpiring about this specific situation is revealing a very ugly side of how people think accountability works in an age of digitally-mediated relational networks, and I can't take this thread from my head ever since I read it (CW discussion of sexual abuse) x.com/hellspatisse...
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𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎 (@hellspatisserie) on X
People think that not intervening before or at the time of sexual abuse, and instead holding it in reserve for social capital at a later date, is accountability for rape culture. It is not. It is itse...
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packed full of protein @ae2501maeth.smallbird.social · 03/10/2026
repentance for doing existentially violating harm to another living person is a lifetime's work. forgiveness isn't part of the moral calculus and neither is guilt or shame. commitment to it is irrespective of the matter of consequences handed down externally by those outside your community.
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Tomás Grau de Pablos @tomgaar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I genuinely do not care about evaluating whether someone's atonement is good enough for you to keep on watching and/or citing them as if nothing had happened. I also know that repentance, whether sincere or performative, does not automatically owe the perpetrator a regaining of trust or solidarity.
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adam le doux @adamledoux.net · 02/10/2026
somehow(??) bitsy turns 10 this month, and i'm hosting an extra-special, extra-long 100th #bitsyjam to celebrate! :D the jam page is already open over on itch.io for anyone who wants to sign up now <3 itch.io/jam/bitsy-100
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A game jam from 2026-10-15 to 2027-01-24 hosted by adam le doux. hey there! welcome to #bitsyjam 100 ! bitsy 's 10th anniversary is coming up on october 15th 2026 and to celebrate i'm hosting an extra...
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🍁 Mateo 🌨️ @mathewtheprecursor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ahora que el nuevo número de @revistaloop.bsky.social está llegando a vuestros buzones, me uno a mis compis de redacción para hablar del artículo con el que contribuyo a saciar vuestra hambre o, en este caso, vuestra sed: un análisis comparado de dos simuladores de coctelería cyberpunk. 🍹¡Al lío!🍹
Artículo "Poner copas y cambiar vidas" de la revista LOOP#Comida. Incluye una ilustración a doble página de Iván Papiol, que muestra a los protagonistas de los videojuegos VA-11 HALL-A y The Red Strings Club rodeados de vasos de cócteles.
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
A time-capsule glimpse of one of the most fascinating companies of the Japanese computer game scene of the 80s: Bothtec. Crammed into the upper floor of a former café, and founded off the back of Enix game design contest wins and sales of those games. 📖: MSX Magazine, March 1986,
A scanned photo of a cramped office with boxy CRTs, computers, and printers all clustered on a table, around which sits Japanese guys in their late teens/early 20s, several of which are looking at the camera and giving V signs.
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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's funny seeing people confused by a 1997 French Adventure game with Paulo Coelho & Moebius... We focus too much on GAMER stuff for millennials, so it's easy to miss how the 90s was full of Adventure games / Myst-likes made with TV channels, museums & famous authors to target then-adult audiences
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Jo-eek! ‘Dead-chibe' W. 👻 @thestacks.ca · 30/09/2026
Ladies and gaydies, 宝塚グランドロマン:ベルサイユのばら―アンドレとオスカル編― [Takarazuka Grand Romance: The Rose of Versailles - André and Oscar Chapter] (Takarazuka Revue 75th Anniversary) has been scanned and archived, please enjoy! Thanks to @cpi.pinball.horse for donating this programme! archive.org/details/Taka...
宝塚グランドロマン:ベルサイユのばら―アンドレとオスカル編― [Takarazuka Grand Romance: The Rose of Versailles - André and Oscar Chapter] (Takarazuka Revue 75th Anniversary) 宝塚グランドロマン:ベルサイユのばら―アンドレとオスカル編― [Takarazuka Grand Romance: The Rose of Versailles - André and Oscar Chapter] (Takarazuka Revue 75th Anniversary)
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Early JRPGing for the DOS era of PCs, with tiny dungeon views and cool UIs. 📺: Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War, Kogado Software Products/Brøderbund Software, 1989 (1987 original release on PC-88)
A crt monitor screen photo of Psychic War cosmic solder's DOS release, with its intricate GUI of Psychic War's logo dominating the top left quarter of the screen, a huge directional box accounting for a middle 1/4, a sci-fi anime gal in skin tight bodysuit and cyberstuff, a party box, and a tiny 1/6th of the screen first person dungeon view and text box above it.
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