The outbreak of COVID-19 highlights the need for culture, more than ever, to get through the quarantine period as well as possible.
Do not leave home. #YoMeQuedoEnCasa has been one of the most read hashtags on social networks in recent days in light of the decision of the Government of Spain to raise the state of alarm throughout the country due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). It will be days of quarantine, working remotely and trying to get time to pass as quickly as possible. Video game culture will be a great ally; for this reason, we review all the magazines and books on video games in Spanish for free to pass this difficult period.
Free Magazines: GTM and Manual Magazine
First we collected free video games to endure the downpour in the best way; now it is the turn of reading, instruction and knowledge. Knowing the video game sector from different points of view and with an approach sometimes different from that usually seen on websites like ours, where news and information coexist with research, Reviews and opinion.
Games Tribune Magazine is a monthly magazine with several years under its belt; the only one under this periodicity that is supported solely by the income of its members. This business model does not include advertising, but patronage through periodic subscription. GTM has different subscription models: both physical and digital; Now, the publication has decided to give the first two numbers of 2020 to everyone to join the cause. Specifically, the magazines of the month of January and February.
We are staying home? And how about we keep you company? We want to thank you for doing your bit with our January and February numbers! You can download them by clicking here: https://t.co/z9zIumJvd1
To enjoy! pic.twitter.com/3qXkolBdI2– Games Tribune (@GamesTribune) March 13, 2020
In GTM we find not only Reviews, but also reports from all areas: interview, journalistic investigation, industry profiles, Reviews … And also opinion; from editorials to columns to debates on current affairs.
For its part, Manual Magazine has done the same with its first two issues. In this case, this medium has a more focused approach on the people who make video games; therefore, the game itself is not the protagonist, but what is behind the camera. There is also space for dissemination, a more cultural and sometimes artistic approach on a biannual basis: two issues each year. To date, there are five copies, but the first two are free to join the initiative to stay home during the coronavirus period.
As many of you are asking me for the number 1 of @revistamanual for not taking it at the time, here it goes again: https://t.co/3PL5mGB4R8#quedateencasa #quedatencasa https://t.co/9ZCglVZmWJ
– Nacho Requena (@nachoMoL) March 13, 2020
You can learn more about GTM and Manual Magazine on their respective websites.
Free books: "The ludonarrative dissonance in video games" and "Walking Simulators"
The author Sofía Francisco has decided to put her essays free through Amazon. Ludonarrative dissonance in video games and Walking Simulators: exploration made video games are available free of charge in digital format. "Through this essay, we discovered both its manifestations in recent games, as well as the possible solutions for dissonance and the opinions for and against it," says the author in her first publication.
📚 Taking advantage of the quarantine, I put my two essays on video games, G️FREE ⭐️ (in digital format) for whoever wants, can enjoy them. 📚 A kiss and encouragement https://t.co/ma2NoII1QFhttps://t.co/StxTyfaFmq
– Sofía Francisco (@chicabits) March 15, 2020
