Etiqueta: Videogames
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Maus, the Pixel experience, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#04)
I. Need. To. Sleep. Week. Has. Been. Ex. Haus. Ting. Fox only, no items, final destination A couple cool pieces on how mainstream video games have become. The one on FT goes along the huge amounts of money the industry has been generating during the last decades, overcoming other forms of cultural content such as…
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Bonobo’s Fragments, ArXiv milestones, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#02)
Welcome back, routine. Really packed week, but at least today was sunny. Moreover, days are slowly getting longer and longer, so the optimistic inside me says: Spring, here we go! Bonobo did it again Just fresh out of the oven today, a new album by Bonobo. It never ceases to amaze me how much he…
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Bioshock’s development hell, buy Apple or die, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#01)
First recap of the year. Just came back from holidays, so it will be a short one. Let’s get to it: Arcane was a hit, so now we are going to see a bazillion video game tv shows Basically the header. Arcane, based on League of Legends, was a mega hit on Netflix by the…
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2021 in review: games, books, music, series, films…
Year is almost over, and I want to write a brief recap of some cool things I’ve enjoyed in 2021, in no particular order (but with a «best of the year» in each category, marked in blue): Video games Monster Hunter: Rise This was the first Monster Hunter I played since the PSP era, and…
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Tsunami’s magnetic fields, AI dungeons, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#51)
Already back home, resting with the family. Not going to lie: while I enjoy writing this a lot, do not expect very extended takes on some of the news for a couple weeks, as my brain is officially on holidays. Let’s start: Detecting a Tsunami by using magnetism Classic news that I read and say…
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Sci-Hub trials, entering The Matrix, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#50)
Two weeks to finish the year, and many rankings are starting to appear. I will try not to saturate the remaining recaps, but some are quite cool and I want to share them. Also, if time allows, I will try to write a bit about the videogames/books/shows/movies that I particularly enjoyed this year. Let’s get…
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The great CEO exodus, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#48)
Already in December! The year almost finished without really noticing. Holidays are getting closer and closer (crossing fingers for the new Covid variant…). Lots of cool stuff this week: more crypto nonsense, interesting moves on Twitter, math curiosities and an impressive example of facial animation. Let’s start. Goodbye and thanks for all the fish This…
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Crypto nonsense, x-ray time-lapses, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#47)
Pretty busy week (this post was not published at its common time, in fact), but some cool links to share. Christmas is coming! Hats hats hats vs NFTs and crypto Companies love money, and videogames industry is particularly greedy. They were one of the first industries to switch to digital (probably we are in the…