Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality
Notes
Introduction
- Using Michel de Certeau to look at early homebrew programming practices as an underresearched everyday activity, as ordinary culture.
Discourses about Microcomputers
- Inquiring the discourse on usefullness in early micros.
- Micros were destined to play games, so they are usefull. This kind of usefullness wasn’t understood or appreciated by those leaning towards protestant work ethics.
Bibliography
Swalwell, M. (2021). Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality. MIT. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262044776/homebrew-gaming-and-the-beginnings-of-vernacular-digitality/
Abstract
The overlooked history of an early appropriation of digital technology: the creation of games though coding and hardware hacking by microcomputer users.From …