First Review

One of three - Soon he will be in the a world of his course, Learn Printmaking Online, and he must consider the nature of the new course against the conventions of teaching he once practiced in the old, dying world of printmaking. There will be reviews and preparations. 991 Words. ©2008 Bill Ritchie. os080506. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Legend Making

Three works in one - A happenstance usage of the word legend starts this print maker (also a maker of printing presses) in contemplation of the meaning of the word as it applies both to the interpretation of maps and story telling. He thus wonders if he might be three people. 712 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Tale of A Blind Elephant

Who knows what computer art is? - Adaptation of the story of the blind men and the elephant to provide answers to the question, "What is Computer Art?" The author is an artist who began his work with printmaking and worked up to video and computer art from there. He’s a story teller, too. 1474 Words. Copyright 1988 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Serious Games

Spurious curious regional game inventor - There are many serious games you can read about and even buy on the Web. Which, if any of them, have meaning to you? If you find there are none because they are based in professional and educational fields, then you have an opportunity to invent your own. 1024 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Solitary Play

A form game to create time
Why do people play alone, as in the game Solitaire? This form of game is based on chance and scarcity, where you seldom win. In another form of solitary play, the author explores a game that is based on chance and plentitude, the artifacts of a rich life. 981 Words. 4228 Characters. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.

Complete Works Game

Considering a traditional publication
Cleaning off his desktop one day he finds part of a sheet of uncut artist’s stamps—his own—under the clutter and, curious, he discovers he had left off on a project of creating an illustrated catalog of all his works. Could it be published cheaply today? 686 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.