Unit Operations - An Approach to Videogame Criticism

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION ix I From Systems to Units 1 UNIT OPERATIONS 3(18) 2 STRUCTURALISM AND COMPUTATION 21(10) 3 HUMANISM AND OBJECT TECHNOLOGY 31(18) II Procedural Criticism 4 COMPARATIVE VIDEOGAME CRITICISM 49(6) 5 VIDEOGAMES AND EXPRESSION 55(18) 6 ENCOUNTERS ACROSS PLATFORMS 73(20) III Procedural Subjectivity 7 CELLULAR AUTOMATA AND SIMULATION 93(18) 8 AN ALTERNATIVE TO FUN 111(18) 9 THE SIMULATION GAP 129 IV From Design to Configuration 10 COMPLEX NETWORKS 139(14) 11 COMPLEX WORLDS 153(18) 12 CRITICAL NETWORKS 171(10) NOTES 181(34) BIBLIOGRAPHY 215(24) INDEX 239