Creative Uses of Software Errors: Glitches and Cheats

Wilma A. Bainbridge; W. Bainbridge

DOI:10.1177/0894439306289510

Corpus ID: 61969194

Creative Uses of Software Errors: Glitches and Cheats

@article{Bainbridge2007CreativeUO,
  title={Creative Uses of Software Errors: Glitches and Cheats},
  author={Wilma A. Bainbridge and W. Bainbridge},
  journal={Social Science Computer Review},
  year={2007},
  volume={25},
  pages={61 - 77}
}

Wilma A. Bainbridge, W. Bainbridge

Published 2007

Computer Science

Social Science Computer Review

Video games constitute a major sector of computing with distinctive social implications. Analysis of video game programming errors, design limitations, and rule ambiguities suggests a range of positive functions that glitches and cheats may perform. Glitches are software errors, either programming bugs or design flaws. Cheats are tricks for mastering games by circumventing the official rules for play. This article is based on the study of 751 glitches in 155 popular video games plus examination… CONTINUE READING

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