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1. Narrative and the Split Condition of Digital Textuality

   With computer games and avant-garde literary experiments, digital textuality has conquered
   both mass audiences and academic readers interested in theorizing digital art, but
   it has not yet reached the middle of the cultural spectrum, namely the educated public
   who reads primarily for pleasure, but is capable of artistic discrimination. This essay
   explores the possibility of curing this split condition by strengthening the narrativity of
   digital texts. After examining the conception of narrative that prevails at both ends of the
   spectrum, I investigate three types of interactive narrative that have been able to reach
   beyond the traditional audience of computer games and experimental literature: embedded
   stories, represented by Myst and mystery-solving games, emergent stories, represented
   by The Sims, and texts with a somewhat prescripted, but variable story, represented
   by Façade, Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern’s project in interactive drama. For each type
   of text, I suggest how to make the structure more appealing to a reader who engages

   Helene Helgeland - 01.09.2012 - 16:56

2. Human Pratice - How the Problem of Ergodicity Demands a Reactivation of Anthropological Perspectives in Game Studies

   This article presents a critical review (not a rejection) of the concept of “ergodic literature”
   when applied to computer and video games. Therefore it goes back to some of
   the sources Espen Aarseth triggered when he appropriated the term from physics in
   1997 for the subject of cybertext and explains the necessary consequences of the term
   “ergodicity” for literature and games when it is not merely used metaphorically. A more
   cautious use of terms and concepts from other disciplines is suggested, especially as the
   term “ergodic” in physics has a different but relevant meaning in the context of these
   games. The article tries to mediate between some of the general anthropological claims
   of cybertext theory/game studies and the understanding of “ergodic systems” in thermodynamics and statistical physics. The problems that result from this mediation can be
   seen as symptomatic for the challenges of game studies in the more general mediation
   between different perspectives on games.

   (Source: Author's abstract)

   Stig Andreassen - 02.09.2012 - 21:13

3. Alquimias de webmantilha: propostas colaborativas em instalações cíbridas

   Alquimias de webmantilha: propostas colaborativas em instalações cíbridas

   Luciana Gattass - 11.10.2012 - 02:34

4. Libertando-se da Prisão

   Libertando-se da Prisão

   Luciana Gattass - 18.10.2012 - 12:46

5. O Sujeito-Projeto: Metaperformance e Endoestética

   O Sujeito-Projeto: Metaperformance e Endoestética

   Luciana Gattass - 22.10.2012 - 17:02

6. Fechando a Questão dos Bits: Arte Digital e Propriedade Intelectual

   Fechando a Questão dos Bits: Arte Digital e Propriedade Intelectual

   Luciana Gattass - 22.10.2012 - 17:47

7. Oito Milhões de Pixels em Imagens de Quatro Quilates: 4K

   Oito Milhões de Pixels em Imagens de Quatro Quilates: 4K

   Luciana Gattass - 23.10.2012 - 15:37

8. On the Record: Notas para Errata Erratum - Projeto Duchamp Remix no Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Los Angeles (MOCA)

   On the Record: Notas para Errata Erratum - Projeto Duchamp Remix no Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Los Angeles (MOCA)

   Luciana Gattass - 24.10.2012 - 16:48

9. Estética e Cibercultura: Arte no Contexto da Segregação Democrática Avançada

   Estética e Cibercultura: Arte no Contexto da Segregação Democrática Avançada

   Luciana Gattass - 25.10.2012 - 17:04

10. Conclusion: Whither American Fiction?

    Conclusion: Whither American Fiction?

    Eric Dean Rasmussen - 30.10.2012 - 22:14

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