SAMPLER:
Professor Ritchie's 1999 Zine Article list

From ArtsPort Zine Summaries,

Conversion, Convergence and Concurrence:
Chicken-and-egg

On the first of three days of looking in his rear view mirror in Emeralda Play (Days of Perfect Information) its inventor re-reads Videospace by a pioneer in experiments in television, Brice Howard. And he gets more depth in his defining of a convergence. 993 Words. 2 Pages. ap990617 ©1999 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. Go to ArtsPort Zine

From E'Studios Zine Summaries,

Chance occurrences always fit in Emeralda Play so long as the player is engaged both in producing while practicing. The essay starts with a coincidence as reader/writer finds one plus one equals four--two writers plus him equals an interesting experience. 1350 Words. 2 Pages. es990623 ©1999 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. Go to E'Studios Zine

From MacRitchie's Zine Summaries,

Good Morning, MacRitchie's!
Goodbye, Mcdonalds!

The nice thing about fast art is change. Even the basis for it changes, including the basis for the name of MacRitchie's Fast Art (which was of course fast food). The analogy of McDonald's was appropriate in its time, but time changes and we change in it. 924 Words. 1 Page. MR990629 ©1999 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. Go to MacRitchie's Zine

From O'Studio's Zine Summaries,

An imaginary flight over the Great Lake of Emeralda region serves to orient Emeralda's inventor to his next days of Resident Stay. Flying back over the island he just left he compares it to looking back over his personal history of prints and printmaking. 675 Words. 2 Pages. Os990629 ©1999 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. Go to O'Studios Zine

From Perfect Press' Zine Summaries,

What Does an MFA do?
Toodle-do

Practice Makes Permanent is the message for people who want to apply hands and minds to a new category of professionals called the Multi-Faceted Auxiliary. The author is applying the principle and experimenting on himself in this essay--linked to the Web. 545 Words. 1 Page. PP990507 ©1999 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. (Full Text) Go to Perfect Press Zine

From Perfect Studios' Zine Summaries,

On A Golden Horizon:
Paralysis by analysis

An academic view of healthcare education at institutions of higher learning discovers an irony of outsider's attempt to understand why analysis is out of fashion in the US. The author likes an inside-out approach using new technology for dental education. 607 Words. 2818 2 Pages. PS990518 ©1999 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. Go to Perfect Studios Zine

From RIISMA's Zine Summaries,

Dead Artists League:
Paradigm for a new subtitle

The inventor of Emeralda is nudged into altering his course on his locus of beauty, the invention of the Game for the Gifts of Life paradigm shifts to the Game for the Dead Artists League. Life-changing events happen that way, he writes, in Emeralda Play. 999 Words. 2 Pages. RI990524 ©1999 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. Go to RIISMA Zine

From SPEACON's Zine Summaries,

Strangers and mentors:
Entering Emeralda's Dentalisco

A tale of two people meeting in a fantasy city called Dentalisco--where dentists reign. One is a mentor, the other a mentee. The latter becomes an apprentice user, taking her first steps into a world of cybernetics where Leagues of Emeralda Masters reign. 1405 Words. 2 Pages. SP990530 ©1999 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. Go to SPEACON Zine

From Ritchie's Video Zine Summaries,

The opening of yet another workbook for this author's Perfect Studios Trilogy. He imagines himself as prisoner with a dilemma: What will happen if he tells the story about the ways all games he played led to Emeralda? Destruction? Reconstruction? Freedom? 1079 Words. 1 Page. vi990605 ©1999 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. Go to Video Zine

From Video 'N Print's Zine Summaries,

ArtsPort Customs:
Getting in to his domain

ArtsPort's owner experiences a moment of panic as he approaches the first firewall at ArtsPort, realizing that he may have forgotten his credentials and passport. He is reminded of a cartoon. Time seems to be running out, and soon his deed will be tested. 497 Words. 1 Page. VP990611 ©1999 Bill H. Ritchie, Jr. Go to Video 'N Print Zine