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25 Jan

Vintage Games - New Book on History of Gaming

Posted by Matt Barton in fun stuff, history, videogames

I was pretty happy last week to finally get my advance copy of our new book, Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time. This is a collaboration with my long-term colleague and good friend Bill Loguidice, an avid collector and co-founder of Armchair Arcade (i.e., we go way back).

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02 Jul

Dungeons and Desktops on Slashdot

Posted by Dennis G. Jerz in books, crpg, games, history, role-playing, role-playing games, rpg

Just in case Matt Barton is too shy to mention it himself, his recent book Dungeons and Desktops has been slashdotted.

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11 Aug

Somewhere Nearby is Colossal Cave: Examining Will Crowther's Original “Adventure” in Code and in Kentucky

Posted by Dennis G. Jerz in adventure games, digital humanities, history, interactive fiction, new media, text adventures

The latest issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly features an article in which I analyze Will Crowther's original source code for "Colossal Cave Adventure," and includes dozens of photos from my recent trip through the real Colossal Cave.

The whole article is available on the Digital Humanities Quarterly website (link below). Here's the full abstract:

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