[SIGCIS-Members] New in Platform Studies

[William Anderson]

I'm about 3/4 though "I Am Error" and its a pretty solid read, it delves a
bit into NES name tables, how compression was handled for Zelda and Super
Mario Bros, and even sheds light on some social connections that I was
unaware of in the business realm on manufacturing in Japan during console
gamings earlier days. So far there has been a delightful mix of technical
insight, explorations around business decisions and more. I believe it is
worth picking up.

Best,
William Anderson
Web Engineer @ Huge
Part-time Lecturer @ The New School

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:35 PM Ian Bogost <ian.bogost at lmc.gatech.edu>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just a note to say that we have published two new books in the MIT Press
> Platform Studies series, which I edit with Nick Montfort.
>
> Peripheral Vision: Bell Labs, the S-C 4020, and the Origins of Computer
> Art, by Zabet Patterson, is about the Stromberg-Carlson 4020  and its use
> at Bell Labs in the 1960s.
> https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/peripheral-vision
>
> I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer / Entertainment System Platform,
> by Nathan Altice, is about Nintendo’s Famicom/NES.
> https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/i-am-error
>
> These books join our previous titles on Flash, the Amiga, the Nintendo
> Wii, and the Atari Video Computer System.
> https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/series/platform-studies
>
> As always, we welcome inquiries and pitches for books in the series. We’re
> especially interested in early general-purpose microcomputer platforms
> (Apple II, etc.), software platforms (Java, etc.), and current/recent
> platforms at risk of undocumented losses to history (Facebook Platform,
> etc.). But any computing system that could be construed as a platform is
> welcome.
>
> Ian
>
> Ian Bogost, Ph.D.
>
> Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies
> Professor of Interactive Computing
> Professor, Scheller School of Business
> Georgia Institute of Technology
>
> Contributing Editor, The Atlantic
>
>
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