Comments on: Book Review of Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost (2009). Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System. Cambridge; London: The MIT Press. http://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/uncategorized/bookreview_apperley_html_2009/ International Peer Reviewed Open-Access Journal Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:08:33 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Diigo Update (weekly) « http://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/uncategorized/bookreview_apperley_html_2009/#comment-6107 Diigo Update (weekly) « Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:31:49 +0000 http://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/?p=583#comment-6107 [...] Book Review of Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost (2009). Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System... [...] [...] Book Review of Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost (2009). Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System… [...]

]]> By: Zoltan H http://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/uncategorized/bookreview_apperley_html_2009/#comment-89 Zoltan H Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:53:54 +0000 http://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/?p=583#comment-89 I just finished a review of Racing The Beam. One thing I liked about it was it talked as much about cultural, business factors of the time as much as the technology (which frankly could be dug up on dozens of fan sites) as well as some interesting trivia - like Atari setting up different companies to avoid regulations. About the only thing missing I think was why it was the Atari came out on top, seems like it was mostly luck and many more resources. I'm looking forward to more books in the series. Link: http://yyztech.ca/reviews/book/racing-the-beam-the-atari-video-computer-system I just finished a review of Racing The Beam. One thing I liked about it was it talked as much about cultural, business factors of the time as much as the technology (which frankly could be dug up on dozens of fan sites) as well as some interesting trivia – like Atari setting up different companies to avoid regulations. About the only thing missing I think was why it was the Atari came out on top, seems like it was mostly luck and many more resources. I’m looking forward to more books in the series.

Link: http://yyztech.ca/reviews/book/racing-the-beam-the-atari-video-computer-system

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