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Tag Archives: zoya street
Zoya Street on Virtual Pets
In contrast, a virtual pet such as a tamagotchi requires emotional labour of a sort. The skill required has nothing to do with your physical ability to manipulate the keys of the device, but rather is concerned with your ability … Continue reading
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Memory Insufficient #8
Memory Insufficient #8 is out. I’m being incredibly serious when I say that every time an issue of this zine comes out, I immediately open it and read through it in one sitting. There are very few places where such … Continue reading
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Dreamcast Worlds is Out!
I’m a huge champion of material/symbolic/ historical studies of games, and Zoya Street has just released a book that hits all of those notes for me. Dreamcast Worlds is a close study of the Dreamcast, its games, and the world that … Continue reading
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There Is A New Memory Insufficient
As you may know, I’m deep in the development of two things right now, so the blogging is light for a little while. It might help you to know that there is a new issue of Memory Insufficient out. It is a … Continue reading
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