Memory Insufficient

A games history e-zine

September is Hispanic Heritage Month in the US. Accordingly, Memory Insufficient seeks articles on games and Spanish- and Portuguese- speaking cultures, including homelands as well as diaspora communities.



Every issue’s topic title can be read in any order. Submissions will be accepted on the history of a game in a hispanic culture; how the history of a South American country is represented in a game; a biography highlighting a Latino game developer’s contribution to the history of the medium; or any other arrangement of the words ‘games’, ‘hispanic’ and ‘history’.



Memory Insufficient prefers the particular over the general. Although the topic title uses the umbrella term ‘hispanic heritage’, it is hoped that submissions will either expose how that notion is problematic, or simply focus on specific games, places, or people. Generalisations about the history and culture of some half a billion individuals should be avoided.



Any kind of history will be accepted: social, biographic, documentary, personal, descriptive or polemical. Submissions are unlikely to be rejected for being ‘not history,’ because

nobody has the authority to decide what that means. Likewise, nobody has the authority to decide what a game is. Both digital and non-digital games are acceptable subjects of study.