This article explores some of the histories of player creativity in the 1980s through the inclusion of early level editors in games. Drawing on Huhtamo’s (2011) media archaeological framework of tracing “alternative histories” the article will trace the histories of level editors in games created for the BBC Micro through the case studies of Repton 3 (Superior Software 1986) and Repton Infinity (Superior Software 1987). Whereas current writing about fan practices and user-generated content by players focuses on the online possibilities of creating and sharing, this paper recognises these practices inherent in offline spaces. Using archival documents from magazine articles and reviews, the concept of player as producer and the role of user-generated content will be re-examined as a way of exploring another facet of this history.

Remembering Repton: an alternative history of co-creativity in 1980s Britain

Teaching Experience 2007-2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mathematics Department • A Mathematical World, full instructor (Fall 2010) • Calculus I, discussion TA (Fall 2007, Spring 2008), Merit† TA (Fall 2008) • Calculus II, Merit† full instructor (Spring 2009) • Calculus III, Merit† TA (Fall 2009, Spring 2010) • Fundamental Mathematics, grader and discussion TA (Summer 2009) 2007-2009 Teaching Assistant, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summer Bridge Transition Program • College Algebra, full instructor (Summer 2008) • College Algebra, TA (Summer 2007, Summer 2009) 2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Computer Science Department • Introduction to Computing for Engineers and Physical Scientists, lab TA (Spring 2007) 2003-2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Florida Mathematics Department • Pre-calculus, Algebra and Trigonometry, discussion TA (Fall 2003) and full instructor (Summer 2004) • Analytic Geometry and Calculus I, discussion TA (Spring 2004) • Trigonometry, full instructor (Fall 2004) • Math for Liberal Arts II, full instructor (Spring 2005) 2000 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, University of Florida Industrial and Systems Engineering Department • C++ Programming for Engineers, lab TA (Spring 2000)

Iterates of functions defined in terms of digital representations of the integers

On RATS Sequences in General Bases.

We study the behavior of Conway’s RATS (reverse-add-then-sort) sequences in base 3. An independent proof is given of Gentges’ result that all RATS sequences in base 3 are ultimately periodic. We also prove Erdýos-Kac and Hardy-Ramanujan type results for the periods of such sequences.

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Conway's RATS Sequences in Base 3

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Christian Daae Gruehagen

Papers

Play it again and again