Jouer avec le jeu : erreur, errance et émergence !

This article from artpress2 (February-March-April 2013) explores the role of errors, bugs, and glitches in video games, arguing that they are not merely malfunctions but sources of poetic accidents, new gameplay possibilities, and creative appropriation. The text distinguishes between player errors and system-generated bugs, which can be exploited for competitive advantage (e.g., bunny hopping in Quake, standbying in Halo 2) or collected as aesthetic forms (e.g., the swing bug in GTA IV). Bugs are categorized by Chris Lewis and Jim Whitehead of UC Santa Cruz into non-temporal (invalid positions, graphical glitches, artificial stupidity) and temporal (invalid states, interrupted events, insufficient response delays). The article highlights speedrunning communities, machinima pioneers like Miltos Manetas (Miracle, 1996), and artists like Realmyop (Megaglitch, a modified Sega Mega Drive) and Jodi (Sod). It references Anna Anthropy's advocacy for embracing imperfection in game design. The author, Julien Prévieux, proposes a "Musée du bug" as an alternative curatorial model for video game exhibitions, first prototyped at Standards in Rennes in June 2012. The text argues that bugs reveal technological limits, rule subversion, and creative escapes, making them ideal for showcasing the extended culture around video games.