ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GLITCH: TRACING THE LUDO-POLITICAL ECONOMY OF VIDEO GAME ERRORS
- Dean Guadagno
- Nov 2
- 1 min read
Hugo Montembeault
Based on five years of doctoral research, Archaeology of the Glitch offers a deep social, economic, and cultural study of the glitch in video games.
“It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!”
A ghost haunts the digital matrix—the specter of the glitch. Not a human error, but a spirit that possesses the machine. This book is an archaeological narrative of a global hunt for glitches across gaming, media, and art.
Montembeault takes a Marxian approach, intersecting media archaeology, political economy of the arts, and game studies to understand the glitch as a historically evolving process, shaped by contradictory forces.
The glitch is a politically ambivalent object:
On the right, it aligns with capitalist hegemony, commodified as a tool to generate profit
On the left, it supports anti-hegemonic collective resistance, becoming a shared artifact that expands co-creation, autonomy, and community collaboration
For those venturing into this unstable terrain, this book serves as a guidepost through the plural, ever-shifting meanings, uses, and representations of the glitch—technically, culturally, and politically.
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Archaeologies of the Glitch: Tracing The Ludo-Political Economy of Video Game Errors
Archéologies du Glitch: Tracés de L'Economie Ludo-Politique de L'Erreur Vidéoludique
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