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Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System

by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost
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Synopsis

A study of the relationship between platform and creative expression in the Atari VCS.

About the Author, Nick Montfort

Nick Montfort is Assistant Professor of Digital Media at MIT. He is the author of Twisty Little Passages: A New Approach to Interactive Fiction and the coeditor of The New Media Reader, both published by The MIT Press.

Ian Bogost is Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, at Georgia Institute of Technology and Founding Partner, Persuasive Games LLC. He is the author of Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames and Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism, and the coauthor (with Nick Montfort) of Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (2009), all published by the MIT Press.

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Book Details

Published
March 1, 2009
Publisher
MIT Press
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780262012577

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