Vermis I: Lost Dungeons and Forbidden Words

<strong>Patrick Fiorilli is a Chicago-based writer and critic exploring the intersections of games and literature. As a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Radio/Television/Film at Northwestern University, he studies digital media, post-structuralism, and critical theory. He is currently at work on a book about how virtual worlds manifest in and as language. You can find more of his work at <a href="http://www.patf.io.">www.patf.io.</a></strong>

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The Guide to a Game That Doesn’t Exist: On Plastiboo’s “Vermis”

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — Frank Herbert

Patrick Fiorilli is a Chicago-based writer and critic exploring the intersections of games and literature. As a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Radio/Television/Film at Northwestern University, he studies digital media, post-structuralism, and critical theory. He is currently at work on a book about how virtual worlds manifest in and as language. You can find more of his work at <a href="http://www.patf.io.">www.patf.io.</a>

Patrick Fiorilli

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The Guide to a Game That Doesn’t Exist: On Plastiboo’s “Vermis”