Nathan Altice

@altice.bsky.social

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Game designer, researcher, and archivist. Synth destroyer. Makes old things new. Teaching Professor of Computational Media at UCSC. Wrote I AM ERROR.

A Keynote slide that reads 'Data management' with an illustration of the Star Trek character Data.
The book cover for Paul Virilio's Lost Dimension (1991). The graphic design is a nightmare: fish are swimming around a red torii in inky blackness. The title and author text have a fold effect and gradients that look like shit.
A picture of the first screen of the Cherry Cough Syrup level 'Membrane.'
A title slide reading 'How Do We Talk About Video Games?' incorporating an image of the game Florence.
A Keynote slide screenshot that reads, "CMPM 80J | Games as Technical Culture | Winter 2025." There is a black-and-white illustration of a Select-A-Game Machine.
An elementary-school-aged girl tilting her head to the right as she plays Magnavox Odyssey.
A screenshot from Namco Museum Vol. 1 for PlayStation, depicting a sign that reads "Game Room" with an arrow pointing right. Pac-Man is acting as a guide at lower right.