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Dec 31 2023

The End of the Year Sharpening: Aguas’ Points in 2023 & Beyond

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Aguas’ Points has been in this world for over a year. On this New Year’s Eve, we take a look at what has been published on the site and discuss upcoming articles and projects for 2024. In the past year Aguas’ Points published: A new installment in the series Revisiting the GameCube: A...

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Jul 24 2023

A Look Back at the Invasion: Martin Amis’ Critiques the Filthy World of Arcade Games

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“Everything that takes place on the screen — a Mutant attack, a powerpack munch, an asteroid cluster, plus noises, colour, maneuvering — is simply the machine’s response to information”.  – Amis, Invasion of the Space Invaders, pg. 112 In 1982 director Steven Spielberg diagnosed enfant...

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