Today I'm starting a new project. I'll create an automatic RPG battle game that works online. Folks will join the game and watch the characters fight... endlessly. Of course, players will be able to bet on everyfight. The game will be hosted in my new shady perulainen VPS server.

Fixing UI Hell with a 2D Layout Editor. Some notes about agentic coding and game UI. www.perulainen.com/post/fixing-... #gamedesign #coding #ui

BCN, 2026. A sloppy layout editor for 2D games. It allows users to create, modify and export layouts and instances as JSON files. hashtag#gamedesign hashtag#javascript hashtag#canvas hashtag#pixijs hashtag#webdevelopment www.perulainen.com/artifacts/la...

I will try these out next week. Seems perfect for game development.

The paradox of political art under fascism is that it is asked to compensate for a failed political opposition while, at the same time, bland statements like "we should be nice to each other" or "I should be allowed to exist" come to be seen as radical and therefore sufficient.

The digital version is also available in open access, that is, free! direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

Excited to announce that my next book, I AM THE NIGHT, not only has a great cover but is available for pre-order now: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Agentic fever / agentic sickness. I'm now using Claude, ChatGpt and Cursor at work. Thousands of lines of code a day. What am I even doing here?

I wanted to know who designed an old board game I loved. I found out he made over fifty games he was never credited for, in a career spanning more than three decades. youtu.be/dTepZ7qM24Q

Dear diary: today I slopped like crazy.

Finland's the closest I've been to the 1990's internet experience IRL

IGDA Tampere with my Finnish crew. Beers. For the first time, no games, only stories about the past 4 years. A well played game.

After 7 months... I'm officially a Peruvian Master in Game Studies (Estudios de Juegos). Might be the first Peruvian to achieve this (?)

Moi moi #tampere pubs. I'll miss the way Manchester United is trolled around here.

It's been a year, but I'm teaching ethics in videogames again. Every semester we play 3 games that (I believe) are ethically/morally interesting. For this semester I picked the following.... (1/4)

Ludocene v1.2 is out in time to find your perfect Christmas gift. 🧭 Improved flow 🕹️Game pages 🔤Hot-keys 💌Monthly Recommendations BUT! To survive, we need buzz. Now is the time to try it, share it, and maybe even subscribe. Let's not be the best-kept secret. www.ludocene.com

Played Shining Path: The Struggle for Peru on 2025-11-25 boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7337 #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com

For the past decade, I've been slowly cooking a small and humble book. Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been. ZEN AND SLOW GAMES Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...

20 hour commute ahead. Goals: - finish Devil Survivor 2.

New #openaccess article in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social "Sidetalking: Domesticating Nokia's playful designed identity" On the Nokia mobile gaming platform: the Nokia NGage, released 2003. A THREAD. Download: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #gamestudies #platformstudies

Ahora, en @digraspain.bsky.social inmersión como presencia cognitiva simulada. ¿Cómo diseñar juegos de mundo abierto que estimulen estas experiencias cognitivas simuladas en vez de limitarlas?

Reinterpretaciones de los tropos del noir clásicos como mecánicas de juego. Cosa seria. @digraspain.bsky.social

📣 ¡Comienza oficialmente #DigraES25! Tenéis acceso al directo aquí: tv.uvigo.es/directo2

ICYMI: Here's my exploration of Amsterdam's history through board games

1 year #vibecoding and working with #agentic entities (sic). Some side effects: - complete alienation from coding as "carpentry". - tiredness, irritability, feeling of being hungover after creating massive artifacts in a short span (ex. a full app in 1 day).

I'm cooking all the Peruvian stews I know using gochujang paste instead of panka chili paste. So far, so good.

This was my first experience with Sonic, a weird Peruvian ROM created by TEG. Weird SFX and Mario in a cage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqF9...

Been thinking about idle games a lot and had this phenomenal progression in the shower

Over the last five months on my blog, I've written about the 19 different computer games to reach #1 in UK sales charts during 1984. I've made a post about the history of each one. Here is a thread with links to those posts, plus one thing I learned about each of them!

Open Call for Papers 2025🥰📢 Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue! More details below in this thread👇 #CallForPapers #GameStudies

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 After 4 years of work, my solarpunk game finally has a title, a trailer, and a Steam page! Wishlist... Future? No Thanks! 👉 futurenothanks.com

Big me - Foo Fighters Best karaoke song. Get out now.

Cooking Carapulcra today. I'll try not to eat the whole pot.

beach ratas

Violencia de Estado en el Perú 1980-2000. lapacarinadelsur.com/violencia-de...

Artes y memorias del conflicto interno peruano (1980-2000) Mathilde Salaün gup.unige.it/sites/gup.un...

Guns & Roses 2025 sounds like Cartman doing karaoke

Brian Wilson, querido genio de la melodía.

I'm contacting itch.io to recover my account. I wonder how long will it take for this guys to answer.

Weezer's blue album man!!!

That Postal movie intro...

Peruvian warlords are in control of most of the territory and all major political institutions. Congress, Army, Police, Political Parties (left and right), Churches, Municipalities, Universities, Industries, Entertainment all belong to them. This is -sadly- not an exaggeration.

Encontré un rincón interesante @apoiadoradacena.bsky.social

Hey, wake up. Sci-hub 2 just dropped, and it is now "Sci-net". Supported by the same person (Alexandra Elbakyan), it looks extremely promising.

This was pretty fun (sic)! @brockwilbur.bsky.social Also, the book edition is on point.

The Tampere-Helsinki commuter train is the real world version of PUBG's waiting lobby.

This is Peru's most famous videogame.

During the weekend I worked on a patch for this baby. I also went on a really nice hike.

man. united

vibe coding, entities, agents, and the sun.