Spacewar paper has been published!

Jerome H. Fine jhfinedp3k at compsys.to
Tue Jun 30 07:16:08 CDT 2015


 >Devin Monnens wrote:

>It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the Spacewar paper I wrote
>with research from Martin Goldberg and responses from many people on this
>list has finally been published.
>
>The paper, "Space Odyssey: The Long Journey of Spacewar from MIT to
>Computer Labs Around the World" is available for free on Kinephanos, a
>bilingual Canadian journal about film, games, and new media. The paper
>explores the use and distribution of Spacewar after its creation at MIT and
>provides a detailed look at several computer labs, including those at
>Harvard, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, and of course MIT
>and Stanford.
>
>http://www.kinephanos.ca/2015/space-odyssey-the-long-journey-of-spacewar-from-mit-to-computer-labs-around-the-world/
>
>
>The paper was presented last year at the International History of Games
>Symposium in Montreal. The slides are available here:
>
>https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B22gYL7qHwW9dWMwQkNiWFlCMDA/view?usp=sharing
>
>Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey and provided help for
>our research.
>
>Martin and I would appreciate any feedback you have on the paper, including
>anything we might have missed or gotten in error and any new insights or
>memories you wish to share. Note we are still interested in collecting data
>through our survey, which anyone here is welcome to participate in.
>
>http://ataribook.com/book/spacewar-questionnaire/
>
>Enjoy!
>
>-Devin Monnens
>  
>
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