{"id":7760,"date":"2026-04-01T15:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/?post_type=ajde_events&#038;p=7760"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:51:27","slug":"el-regreso-de-micromania-y-microhobby","status":"publish","type":"ajde_events","link":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/eventos\/el-regreso-de-micromania-y-microhobby\/","title":{"rendered":"THE RETURN OF MICROMANIA AND MICROHOBBY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The return of <\/strong><strong><em>Micromania<\/em><\/strong><strong> y <\/strong><strong><em>Microhobby<\/em><\/strong><strong>The history of videogame journalism in Spain<\/strong><\/p><p>The history of video games in Spain cannot be understood without the fundamental role of specialised journalism. From the very beginning, pioneering publications recognised the potential of this new medium of culture and entertainment, accompanying a whole generation of players and creators.<\/p><p>In this meeting we travel back to the origins: what was the relationship between journalists and developers like, how was the user listened to, how was the market for the creation, distribution and sale of videogames built in our country, and in an era without digital tools, how was the gaming experience transmitted through the pages of a magazine? And, in an era without digital tools, how was the gaming experience transmitted through the pages of a magazine?<\/p><p>We will talk to journalists who were the protagonists of those early years of a legendary masthead such as <em>Micromania<\/em>, and its subsequent evolution with <em>Microhobby<\/em>. A journey full of anecdotes, context and memory that connects directly with the present.<\/p><p>Today, both magazines are living a new stage thanks to the impulse of Jos\u00e9 Luis Sanz and the support of a community of passionate readers, interested in history as well as in new retro trends and development. <em>homebrew<\/em>.<\/p><p>A reunion with the past and a look into the future of videogame journalism in Spain.<strong>Presents and moderates:<\/strong> Santiago Bustamante (Dr. Cultural Museum OXO)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7761,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"event_type":[],"event_type_2":[],"class_list":["post-7760","ajde_events","type-ajde_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_location-oxo-museo-videojuego-madrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/7760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ajde_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7760"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=7760"},{"taxonomy":"event_type_2","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxomuseomadrid.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type_2?post=7760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}