building a cy-Borges : writing on virtual worlds

In many ways, Your Homosexual Lover Is In Another Castle, Auburn’s 2008 creation, is a complete mess.

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§1923 · June 17, 2011 · by Eric Lockaby · General · 3 comments · Tags: ,


If reality alludes to Kafka, maybe virtual reality alludes to Ballard?

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§1827 · May 26, 2011 · by Benjamin Garratt · General · (No comments) ·


It seemed as though the calculator, like a drugged oracle, was blessing me in an alien script.

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§1637 · April 9, 2011 · by Benjamin Garratt · General · (No comments) ·


Something of an essay. Something of an interview.

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§1438 · February 19, 2011 · by Benjamin Garratt · General · 6 comments ·


Studies in Postmodern Chess: A series synopsis. Nethack and Minecraft references

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§1188 · January 28, 2011 · by Benjamin Garratt · General · 3 comments · Tags:


If this essay is long, well then it is the meticulousness of nerds and their rebuttals that made it long; and if this essay is to be funny, then it can only be through the jokes of dicks that one can tolerate this length and girth.

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§1173 · January 23, 2011 · by lasttoblame · General · 18 comments ·


On the surface it looks to be remarkably old school. It seems to take Ms Pac Man down the road and off the screen in Frogger using the car from Outrun to the final kill screen in Donkey Kong so that they can procreate and give birth to the twin 1Up ships from Galaga.

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§1089 · January 12, 2011 · by lasttoblame · General · 3 comments ·


“I know how this is going to end. You are going to reveal yourself as a pixel atonalist, and we are all gonna gasp in shock. Not.”

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§1078 · January 10, 2011 · by Benjamin Garratt · Octopodes and Car Crashes · (No comments) · Tags:


Like in all fiction, the story has already occurred.

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§1007 · December 8, 2010 · by Benjamin Garratt · the wasteland dialogues · 7 comments · Tags: , ,


“Next time we meet I will cut off your eyes and feed you it. Hi from Moscow”

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§925 · November 4, 2010 · by Benjamin Garratt · the wasteland dialogues · 2 comments · Tags: ,