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2026

In 2025, I set out to: * Publish Adventure in Hender's Castle on Steam. * Expand Aventuras Bonitas, my video game studio, with more projects and increase the size of the team. * Maintain my exercise habit and increase the amount of weight I can bench press (at that time, 50kg)

My Pluribus Theory

Pluribus is an Apple TV+ series created by Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, and writer for The X-Files. The pitch for the series is something like: "The unhappiest person on the planet must save the world from happiness." It is a sci-fi

Two games I liked from The Game Awards

This past December 11th, The Game Awards took place, and as every year, a ton of new games were announced. Among everything that was shown, there were two games that really caught my attention: Coven of the Chicken Foot Coven of the Chicken Foot on SteamAfter the dungeons have been

Playing More Games and Leaving Them Unfinished

I used to have this idea that "playing" a game meant completing it all the way to the credit screen, but now I have a new definition. Playing a game is about experiencing its core mechanics, what we designers call the core game loop, and that's

2024 is Done, 2025 Begins - Things Take Time

When I revisit my first public goals post from 2021 and the absurd number of things I set out to achieve, it’s hard not to laugh at my over-ambition. Comparing it to my 2024 post, where my goals were much more realistic and focused, makes me genuinely happy. It

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