Henrique Sampaio is a São Paulo–based journalist and designer. He is the author of the documentary podcast Primeiro Contato, whose two seasons recover forgotten stories about Braziliansʼ relationship with computers, video games, the internet, and online communities. His recent work on video games and technology is characterized by a critical perspective and historical, political, economic, and social contextualization. After working at the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, where he covered technology and politics as a freelancer in 2024, Sampaio published his first book, Primeiro Contato: How Computers and Video Games Made Their Way into Brazilian Homes, an adaptation of the first season of his podcast of the same name.