• 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… Expand