Donkey Kong, slight reprise

[Michael Laine]

Perhaps of interest to those involved in the Donkey Kong thread some 
months ago...

M__


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in projects/papers that approach computer gaming and the programming
environments in which they are developed from theoretical, philosophical,
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IN ADDITION to academic essays, we are interested in original web-based
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gaming
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Possible topics include but are not limited to:

Theories/Ontologies of Gaming
Histories of Computing/Programming and Gaming
Rhetorics of Computer Games
Genders of Computer Games
Play/Chance and Computer Gaming
Studies of PKs (Player-Killers)
Studies of Space in Computer Gaming
Histories of MU*s
Cultural Studies of MU*s
Ergodic/Cyborg Literature
Representational Avatars and Games
Hackers and Computer Games/-ing
Histories of Video/Computer Games
Futures of Computer Gaming

Psychoanalysis as Play *
Critical Approaches to Programming Environments *

* We hope to accept several articles on computing, technology, or concepts
basic to Computer Gaming, like play and computer programming.

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