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Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life is an academic book by Sarah Kember published in 2003. Chapter 4, "CyberLife’s Creatures" covers [[Creatures]] and [[Creatures 2]]. The first section compares Creatures to other [[alife]] simulations such as [[Wikipedia:Tierra_(computer_simulation)|Tierra]] and [[Wikipedia:SimLife|SimLife]]. After describing how the games work, Kember then discusses the relationship between the players (who began creating new [[breed]]s and [[cob]]s as soon as the game came out, as well as publicly documenting discoveries like new [[mutation]]s) and the producers of the game (who responded by providing documentation and tools to make modifications easier). There is also a discussion of [[norn torture]] and [[Cyberlife]]'s [[Applied Research]] projects, as well as the nature of consciousness and its connection to alife.
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Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life is an academic book by Sarah Kember published in 2003. [https://www.routledge.com/Cyberfeminism-and-Artificial-Life/Kember/p/book/9780415240277] Chapter 4, "CyberLife’s Creatures" covers [[Creatures]] and [[Creatures 2]]. The first section compares Creatures to other [[alife]] simulations such as [[Wikipedia:Tierra_(computer_simulation)|Tierra]] and [[Wikipedia:SimLife|SimLife]]. After describing how the games work, Kember then discusses the relationship between the players (who began creating new [[breed]]s and [[cob]]s as soon as the game came out, as well as publicly documenting discoveries like new [[mutation]]s) and the producers of the game (who responded by providing documentation and tools to make modifications easier). There is also a discussion of [[norn torture]] and [[Cyberlife]]'s [[Applied Research]] projects, as well as the nature of consciousness and its connection to alife.
  
 
*[http://biopolitics.kom.uni.st/Sarah%20Kember/Cyberfeminism%20and%20Artificial%20Life%20(135)/Cyberfeminism%20and%20Artificial%20Life%20-%20Sarah%20Kember.pdf Read the book online]
 
*[http://biopolitics.kom.uni.st/Sarah%20Kember/Cyberfeminism%20and%20Artificial%20Life%20(135)/Cyberfeminism%20and%20Artificial%20Life%20-%20Sarah%20Kember.pdf Read the book online]
  
 
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Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life is an academic book by Sarah Kember published in 2003. [1] Chapter 4, "CyberLife’s Creatures" covers Creatures and Creatures 2. The first section compares Creatures to other alife simulations such as Tierra and SimLife. After describing how the games work, Kember then discusses the relationship between the players (who began creating new breeds and cobs as soon as the game came out, as well as publicly documenting discoveries like new mutations) and the producers of the game (who responded by providing documentation and tools to make modifications easier). There is also a discussion of norn torture and Cyberlife's Applied Research projects, as well as the nature of consciousness and its connection to alife.