@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.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.socialAlways a pleasure to write for Unwinnable. My latest is a review of a pretty neat graphic novel about the great cyclist Major Taylor published by @dandq.bsky.social.
@aguaspoints.bsky.socialOh, yeeaahh!
@aguaspoints.bsky.socialAlways a pleasure to write for Unwinnable. My latest is a review of a pretty neat graphic novel about the great cyclist Major Taylor published by @dandq.bsky.social.
@meghna.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.socialthe only survival strategy in the near to mid term for creatives imo is to make weird new stuff that an LLM could never come up with bc it’s hopelessly mired in nostalgia and what has come before — we have to lean into being weird human freaks rather than producing “content”
@emilyprice.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.socialI haven’t shouted out @unwinnable.com in a while, I’ve had my column for almost 5 years now and it’s morphed from “writing about the past” to “indie games” and “whatever emily wants to write about in a given month.” I don’t know where else I’d be trusted to do that.
@meghna.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.socialmovies are now ways to keep gamers engaged in between increasingly long game development cycles, rather than significant moneymakers themselves
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@aguaspoints.bsky.socialI've been meaning to check this place out. I passed by it on Tuesday but it was closed already. Next time I am in Akiba, I will check it out.
@70sbachchan.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.sociala good thing. play stupid games win stupid prizes.
“Jefferies Financial Group Inc.'s Chris Wood said the most likely long-term outcome of the AI boom will be massive capital destruction in the US, with market share shifting to cheaper open-source Chinese models,“
@lagshowcase.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.socialLAGS 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 ;)
@aguaspoints.bsky.socialThings don't always change for the better.
@aguaspoints.bsky.socialIt feels like a holiday now.
@aguaspoints.bsky.socialGood call.
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@juliebjornskov.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.socialThank you so much for a great interview! And you kind words, it means a lot!
@aguaspoints.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.socialHot 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!
@nathankhensley.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.social🚨 ALERT 🚨: All of Stuart Hall's notebooks have been digitized and are freely available to browse and read???
@mlupetti.upandpunch.redReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.socialThis 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
@aguaspoints.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.social“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"
@vijayiyer.bsky.socialReposted by @aguaspoints.bsky.socialwhat i'm up to these days
@aguaspoints.bsky.socialOne of my favorites! An amazing experience.
