Alison Gazzard: 2 books

Book cover of Now the Chips Are Down

Now the Chips Are Down

The BBC Micro

by Alison Gazzard
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016

The story of a pioneering microcomputer: its beginnings as part of a national Computer Literary Project, its innovative hardware, and its creative uses. In 1982, the British Broadcasting Corporation launched its Computer Literacy Project, intended “to introduce interested adults to the world...
Book cover of Mazes in Videogames

Mazes in Videogames

Meaning, Metaphor and Design

by Alison Gazzard
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013

From the text adventures of Zork, to the arcade game of Pac-Man, to the corridors of Doom, and on to the city streets of Grand Theft Auto IV, the maze has often been used as a space to trap and confuse players in their navigation of gameworlds. However, the maze as a construction on the landscape...
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