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It's All in the Game: Technical Communication's Role in Game Documentation

Many gamers have fond memories of gaming's early years of grey blips rallying across a black background. For the truly sentimental, those memories extend beyond the game itself to the simplest of artifacts: the instruction booklet that came with the cartridge. Download PDF Read full article
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The TC/VG Manifesto: Claiming Land in the Discovered Country of Gaming

At a recent meeting to introduce new faculty members, my esteemed colleagues and I were asked to mention our teaching and research interests. As I began talking about game narrative and simulations as workplace technical documents, I felt eyes glaze, roll, and turn to the clock. Download PDF Read full article
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Complex and Complicated Information Systems: What Does a Technical Communicator Need to Know?

Intricate websites called complex and complicated information systems (CCISs) present a huge challenge to technical communicators. CCISs draw from multiple sources for their information, requiring the technical communicator who works with them to think about multiple types of content and delivery. Download PDF Read full article
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Technical Translation: A Decisive Role in International Marketing Communication

Technology has become a major force and power of world economy. Many high-tech companies are trying to globalize by exporting their products to other countries. For this reason, international marketing communication has become a very significant part of this globalization process. Download PDF Read full article
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Designing Interactive PDF Forms

As professional communicators, we often come across opportunities to stretch the conventional boundaries of our role. Consider this situation: your organization is planning to gather inputs from customers about product usage patterns and the features that they would like to see in future releases. Download PDF Read full article
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