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Here is a selection of recent contributions:
- Kurt Walker’s machenema sui generis (Part 1)
- Kurt Walker’s machenema sui generis (Part 2)
- The game was always already over: On Poggi and Vinel’s Eat the Night
- EMPIRE’s states of mind
- Revisiting Firas Shedaheh’s Like An Event In A Dream Dreamt By Another – Rehearsal
- A closer listen to way of the future
- A preview of Like an Event in a Dream Dreamt by Another—Insomnia
- Infinite Jesters: on performances and protests in video games
