Nathan Altice
@altice.bsky.social
Game designer, researcher, and archivist. Synth destroyer. Makes old things new. Teaching Professor of Computational Media at UCSC. Wrote I AM ERROR.
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Spotlight Golf contained very state-of-the-art technology for its time, which enabled it to create a unique gameplay experience.
According to the Australasian Golf Museum, this tech qualifies it as the "first computer game" and maybe the first electronic computer.
Let's investigate this.
According to the Australasian Golf Museum, this tech qualifies it as the "first computer game" and maybe the first electronic computer.
Let's investigate this.
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Spotlight Golf contained very state-of-the-art technology for its time, which enabled it to create a unique gameplay experience.
According to the Australasian Golf Museum, this tech qualifies it as the "first computer game" and maybe the first electronic computer.
Let's investigate this.
According to the Australasian Golf Museum, this tech qualifies it as the "first computer game" and maybe the first electronic computer.
Let's investigate this.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
You all can stop searching, because I found the worst academic book cover of all time.
September 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
You all can stop searching, because I found the worst academic book cover of all time.
Quite possibly one of the best/unfortunate typos from an academic text I've ever run across. (From MacKenzie's Human-Computer Interaction 2E textbook.)
August 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Quite possibly one of the best/unfortunate typos from an academic text I've ever run across. (From MacKenzie's Human-Computer Interaction 2E textbook.)
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teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI
against-a-i.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
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We've acquired the historic game magazine Computer Entertainer.
As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free.
Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...
As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free.
Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...
August 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We've acquired the historic game magazine Computer Entertainer.
As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free.
Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...
As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free.
Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...
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🎮📜 It’s that time of year game history friends! 📜🎮
The July 2025 issue of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is HERE! 🕹️📖 www.romchip.org 🌟 get cozy, get reading 📚✨
SUBSCRIBE: eepurl.com/crCul1
DONATE: bit.ly/3ve1oqZ
🧵 below!
The July 2025 issue of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is HERE! 🕹️📖 www.romchip.org 🌟 get cozy, get reading 📚✨
SUBSCRIBE: eepurl.com/crCul1
DONATE: bit.ly/3ve1oqZ
🧵 below!
ROMchip
ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is a platform designed for the advancement of critical historical studies of games.
www.romchip.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🎮📜 It’s that time of year game history friends! 📜🎮
The July 2025 issue of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is HERE! 🕹️📖 www.romchip.org 🌟 get cozy, get reading 📚✨
SUBSCRIBE: eepurl.com/crCul1
DONATE: bit.ly/3ve1oqZ
🧵 below!
The July 2025 issue of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is HERE! 🕹️📖 www.romchip.org 🌟 get cozy, get reading 📚✨
SUBSCRIBE: eepurl.com/crCul1
DONATE: bit.ly/3ve1oqZ
🧵 below!
Look at this beautiful screenshot
MORTAL KOMBAT II
MIDWAY/PROBE 1994
(Captured on Game Boy Pocket)
MIDWAY/PROBE 1994
(Captured on Game Boy Pocket)
June 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Look at this beautiful screenshot
UCSC dining hall workers need support for their May 1st strike. Their goal is a modest $500, so please kick in if you can. gofund.me/03fde845
Donate to Support UCSC Dining Hall Workers' Strike on May 1st!, organized by Riley Pickenpaugh
Our chapter of YDSA is raising money to help support our campus… Riley Pickenpaugh needs your support for Support UCSC Dining Hall Workers' Strike on May 1st!
gofund.me
April 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
UCSC dining hall workers need support for their May 1st strike. Their goal is a modest $500, so please kick in if you can. gofund.me/03fde845
I'm hoping to have Cherry Cough Syrup finished by summer. All mainline levels are in place. Brand new UI. Lots of quality of life improvements. Now all the hard work of wrapping up loose ends.
April 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm hoping to have Cherry Cough Syrup finished by summer. All mainline levels are in place. Brand new UI. Lots of quality of life improvements. Now all the hard work of wrapping up loose ends.
This would be both a great look and a great sound design approach to a motorcycle racing/traversal game.
From: Bobby's in Deep (1985), dir. Toshio Hirata, Madhouse/Project Team Argos
April 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This would be both a great look and a great sound design approach to a motorcycle racing/traversal game.
At some point, I'll share more about my new class, Games as Technical Culture (now on my second iteration), but for now I'm excited to finally have a class that incorporates @ibogost.bsky.social 's How to Talk About Video Games as a means to talk about culturally-informed game criticism.
April 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
At some point, I'll share more about my new class, Games as Technical Culture (now on my second iteration), but for now I'm excited to finally have a class that incorporates @ibogost.bsky.social 's How to Talk About Video Games as a means to talk about culturally-informed game criticism.
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It's CHARITY MEGABUNDLE TIME! And there's some absolute gems in this one, including Tunic which is just an all-timer and everyone should have it in their library.
So let's do a little thread showcasing some of the games, and also the tools you might find handy to navigate this & other Itch bundles.
So let's do a little thread showcasing some of the games, and also the tools you might find handy to navigate this & other Itch bundles.
The California Fire Relief Bundle is live!! Benefitting survivors of the SoCal wildfires through the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE). Featuring 400+ games: Tunic! Tangle Tower! Catlateral Damage! Hidden Folks! Cook, Serve, Delicious! And more! $10 minimum!! itch.io/b/2863/calif...
February 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It's CHARITY MEGABUNDLE TIME! And there's some absolute gems in this one, including Tunic which is just an all-timer and everyone should have it in their library.
So let's do a little thread showcasing some of the games, and also the tools you might find handy to navigate this & other Itch bundles.
So let's do a little thread showcasing some of the games, and also the tools you might find handy to navigate this & other Itch bundles.
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It’s the @romchip.bsky.social fundraiser stream today!! 12 hours of game goodness streamed by various cool people to raise money to keep ROMchip going and open to everyone. Watch and donate!
twitch.tv/romchipjournal
twitch.tv/romchipjournal
ROMchipJournal - Twitch
Tinahacks Runs Super Mario World All Castles! | ROMchip Journal Fundraiser 2025 | !donate !schedule !raffle
twitch.tv
February 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It’s the @romchip.bsky.social fundraiser stream today!! 12 hours of game goodness streamed by various cool people to raise money to keep ROMchip going and open to everyone. Watch and donate!
twitch.tv/romchipjournal
twitch.tv/romchipjournal
Exceptionally thoughtful writing about exceptionally interesting games. 👇
If you're at a bit of a loose end this weekend, why not click this way and enjoy a random feature on my site? I've written almost 600 articles covering games on 42 different formats, so I'm sure you'll find something you'll like!
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com?random
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com?random
February 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Exceptionally thoughtful writing about exceptionally interesting games. 👇
Kendrick’s boldest move might’ve been bringing back ragged boot cut jeans with the early 00s wash.
February 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Kendrick’s boldest move might’ve been bringing back ragged boot cut jeans with the early 00s wash.
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we can and should be candid about what it means if someone says that they want to accumulate and centralize (and therefore validate or invalidate) the entire world in the form of data. what does that kind of central authority describe? on its face we're describing systems of authoritarian nature.
January 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
we can and should be candid about what it means if someone says that they want to accumulate and centralize (and therefore validate or invalidate) the entire world in the form of data. what does that kind of central authority describe? on its face we're describing systems of authoritarian nature.
I've developed a new slide design style this quarter that I'm really happy with. It has a touch of 90s editorial graphic design.
January 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I've developed a new slide design style this quarter that I'm really happy with. It has a touch of 90s editorial graphic design.
gonna tell my kids this was Skibidi Toilet
December 29, 2024 at 7:36 PM
gonna tell my kids this was Skibidi Toilet
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The AI industry’s seizure of other people’s property, declaring it to be worthless, then pricing it at a premium once “processed” through them, has a historical precedent, and it’s not a good look. Yup. It’s good old colonialism.
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
If all this stuff is worthless, mind if we just take it?
How 21st Century tech is doing the old colonial grift all over again.
open.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:52 AM
The AI industry’s seizure of other people’s property, declaring it to be worthless, then pricing it at a premium once “processed” through them, has a historical precedent, and it’s not a good look. Yup. It’s good old colonialism.
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
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“How do you live a digital life whose primary byproduct isn’t resentment? The most straightforward way: you stop posting. You leave the party.”
Posting Less
Everyone's Doing It
annehelen.substack.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:55 PM
“How do you live a digital life whose primary byproduct isn’t resentment? The most straightforward way: you stop posting. You leave the party.”
Have I mentioned that I really enjoy making class slides?
December 10, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Have I mentioned that I really enjoy making class slides?
Made a gif for my upcoming Games as Technical Culture class, and I felt the Internet deserved to have it.
December 10, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Made a gif for my upcoming Games as Technical Culture class, and I felt the Internet deserved to have it.
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It’s honestly hard to imagine a scenario more engineered to enrage the current higher ed workforce— exhausted, demoralized, precarious, and all around out of fucks—than the idea that their institutions would be investing large sums of money in fine-tuning their algorithmic doppelgängers.
December 9, 2024 at 8:21 PM
It’s honestly hard to imagine a scenario more engineered to enrage the current higher ed workforce— exhausted, demoralized, precarious, and all around out of fucks—than the idea that their institutions would be investing large sums of money in fine-tuning their algorithmic doppelgängers.