What does it mean for a videogame to have a Latin American identity? Does it have to be set in the Caribbean? Is it enough if you put Mexican sombreros in a level somewhere? Shouldn’t we be making “universal” games (like they do in the US)? In this video, we explore some of the common confusions in the search for a Latinx videogame identity, and we point out what videogames can learn from magical realism and other art movements.

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We’re releaseing Matajueguitos, a space for highlighting the small, weird, personal and/or experimental games that aren’t usually talked about in bigger media.

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There are many common arguments against Latin American devs making games for their regional audience. They don’t tend to be false, but they do omit certain truths in order to appear much more solid than they really are. In this video, we explore some of those arguments and their shortcomings, and offer alternative some perspectives on the issue.

We announced that we were going to start publishing videos and this is the first one. It’s about bad labor practices in the videogames industry, and the need for workers to confront them by organizing. It also doubles as a semi-official announcement for GWU Argentina, a new project started by some people here at Matajuegos, and ideally maintained and continued by many of you ?