Vinicius Marino Carvalho

Collage showing the cover arts of nine of my favourite games. From left to right, the games are: Strike Gunner S.T.G., The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, Heaven`s Vault, 1000xResist, The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask, Mass Effect Trilogy, Knights of the Old Republic II, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Tried to strike a balance between 'formative' games & some of my recent darlings.

I thought three Fire Emblems (out of nine games) would be a tad too much. So 'Genealogy of the Holy War' stands for both Jugdral games.

As someone who works in a university, I am genuinely blown away by the number of people who want to exist in academia without having to think or write.

I had the great pleasure to talk to Victor Navarro-Remesal about his new book "Zen and Slow Games" on my podcast show #Gamestudies (powered by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social )

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I wish I could translate the poetry of "Estragos Fudidos da America".

Congratulations, Holly!

Remind me to get you some Brazilian coffee if we even cross paths in person!

O jornalismo atualmente é uma ferramenta de naturalizar e propagar violência.

Call for Contributions - Analogue | Historical Games Network Introduction Over the past two decades, scholarship on historical games has tended to privilege digital forms, whether that is strategy games, simulations, role-playing games, or those with distinct h...

We're announcing our new theme: Analogue. It's an open call, and full details are available on the HGN blog here: www.historicalgames.net/call-for-con...

Sounds exciting!

I make games about Irish history. Have one currently in the works (early prototype stage), and I'm currently applying for a grant to have a few more funded.

Just wondering if this is something Imirt would be interesting in hearing about, once they get polished enough for sharing.

Míle buíochas! I'll be sure to check out!

A question: I've read in the link that games featuring "Irish Cultural Representation" meet the event's eligibility criteria. Does that extend to other activities organized by Imirt? Does the group showcase games about Ireland from non-Irish creators?

History: who the fuck?

Historiography: who asked "who the fuck" and why the fuck did they?

The British Museum photo shows a six-sided, cube-shaped die carved from rock crystal on a grey surface. The six sides are numbered one to six. The numbers are represented by circular incised markings, which comprise of a dark outer ring with a dark dot at the centre. Length: 9 - 13 millimetres, width: 9 - 13 millimetres. Display lighting casts a shadow beneath the die.

Timeless design!

Roman rock crystal gaming die marked one to six like modern dice 🎲 1st-2nd century AD.

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#Archaeology

#gaming the past
And Part I is here. If you're interested in the mechanics of historical games and how they represent different different levels, meta-levels, and models of history, I suspect you'll find our dialogoge quite interesting. @vinicius-marino.bsky.social plays 3D chess on these topics!

Bluesky Friends! 💙 It will cost you $0 to repost that Scriptorium Demo is AVAILABLE NOW ON STEAM! 🎉

If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our updated trailer!

Play now! 👉 s.team/a/3765600

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

Synecdoche, New York

A depressing, bitter movie at the best of times.

But I happened to watch it during the early days of Covid, soon after a family member passed away.

"Never" is a very long time, but I can confidently say I'm not rewatching it anytime soon.

pronouncing "gen AI" 「じゃない」

Thank you for having me!

GTP Dialogue with Vinicius Marino Carvalho Part II Historical Problem Spaces and Beyond This is the second part in a planned series of dialogues with historian, educator, and historical game designer, Vinicius Marino Carvalho, about the Historical Problem Space Framework as set of con…

It is with GREAT PLEASURE that I have pressed publish on part II of @vinicius-marino.bsky.social and my Gaming the Past dialogue -- On Historical Problem Spaces & Beyond! Highly recommend this for thinking more theoretically abt historical games & their potential
#gamingthepast 🗃️#AncientBSky

Photo of a page decorated with Japanese writing next to shodo tools, including brushes, paper weight, ink and ink pot. The characters written on the page are read as sansen or Yamagawa.

I just picked up a new hobby!

Meus parabéns!

"Faça o teste e descubra qual personagem de 'O Senhor dos Anéis' você é."
Governo Federal:

Every time you read the word “technofeudal” you have to read something by Peggy Brown. Doesn’t matter what. Just read anything she published to compensate your brain for the violence of a stupid concept you’ve been forced to assimilate with your eyes.

Had fun in a pretty wide-ranging discussion about games and history... :)
Also had chance to give the very first public demo of gameplay from 'Tales from the Mabinogion'!

Screenshot of Gather interface showing a table with Stevan, Vinicius and Tess as their avatars in a medieval-like setting.

Wonderful panel on Mechanics and Medievalisms at Coding Medieval Worlds #CMW2026 with @vinicius-marino.bsky.social and Stevan Anastasoff (@mabinogiongame.bsky.social), with the amazing Tess Watterson as chair @exilianofficial.bsky.social

There's a countertrend to that rule here in Brazil. Some people have taken to supporting Argentina as an Us-South-Americans-gotta-stick-together-against-former-colonial-powers kind of thing.

You can see a glimpse of that in the epilogue of The Two Popes, which was directed by a Brazilian.

Can I submit two proposals for two different categories, Jenny? (e.g. creative intervention + individual paper)?

A game that deals with animal/non-human agency, deep time and dreams, drawing from the natural history of South America?

Sign me up! This looks unmissable.

All Will Rise: a narrative courtroom deck-builder A game about taking a billionaire to court for the murder of a river.

14 years ago we accidentally hired a genius to write the script for 80 Days. Now she’s narrative director on a deck-builder about billionaire busting.

Check out All Will Rise: