This essay is a general introduction to a series on Critical Code Studies distilled from a six week online discussion. As each week is published on ebr, it will be indexed here. Week 1: Introduction Discussion Week 2: Introduction Discussion Week 3: Introduction Discussion

In “Interferences: [Net.Writing] and the Practice of Codework,” Rita Raley analyzes the poetics of Mez’s “neologistic net.wurked language… m[ez]ang.elle,” which incorporates “made-up code language as a mode of artistic composition and everyday communication.”

Worden’s reading of the show as a staging ground for neoliberal individualism echoes a number of critiques of contemporary gaming culture, particularly Jan Van Looy’s reading of the player as uomo economicus in Dungeons & Dragons.

Mark C. Marino’s talk at the 2009 Digital Arts Conference will be published in a forthcoming edition of Leonardo Electronic Almanac. Mark C. Marino’s talk at the 2009 Digital Arts Conference will be published in a forthcoming edition of Leonardo Electronic Almanac.

While Deadwood’s HBO website no longer exists, The Sopranos and Six Feet Under can still be viewed. While Deadwood’s HBO website no longer exists, The Sopranos and Six Feet Under can still be viewed.