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Notes Toward a Proleptic History of Electronic Reading
Matthew Kirschenbaum rethinks the final section of First Person in light of "five basic strategies for furthering the history of reading."
Virtuality and VRML: Software Studies After Manovich
A call for (and example of) material studies of software from Matt Kirschenbaum, spurred by the Digital Arts and Culture conference, 2000.
What Remains in Liam’s Going
Pattern, absence, routine, return - Dave Ciccoricco mulls the shape(s) in Michael Joyce's new paper novel, Liam's Going
John Cayley’s response
"Playing with play," John Cayley sets ludology on an even playing field with literature, but without literary scholarship's over-reliance on 'story,' 'closure,' and 'pleasure.'
Critical Simulation
Theories of performance, training, and psychology explain simulation - or do they? - in the third section of First Person.