Index

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS		             vii	
INTRODUCTION		              ix	

I   From Systems to Units	

1   UNIT OPERATIONS                    3	

2   STRUCTURALISM AND COMPUTATION     21	

3   HUMANISM AND OBJECT TECHNOLOGY    31	

II  Procedural Criticism	

4   COMPARATIVE VIDEOGAME CRITICISM   49	

5   VIDEOGAMES AND EXPRESSION         55
	
6   ENCOUNTERS ACROSS PLATFORMS       73	

III Procedural Subjectivity	

7   CELLULAR AUTOMATA AND SIMULATION  93	

8   AN ALTERNATIVE TO FUN            111	

9   THE SIMULATION GAP               129	
 
IV  From Design to Configuration	

10  COMPLEX NETWORKS                 139	

11  COMPLEX WORLDS                   153	

12  CRITICAL NETWORKS                171	 
            
NOTES		                     181	
BIBLIOGRAPHY		             215	
INDEX                                239