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Anna Anthropy

Anna Anthropy was an American writer, journalist, video game developer, designer and historian (born 1901). He was born at New York City.

Also recorded as Auntie Pixalante.

Anna Anthropy in brief

Born
1901
Known for
writer, journalist, video game developer, designer and historian
Place of birth
New York City
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Catalogued works

11 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection.

The State of Play: Sixteen Voices on Video Games. And the Robot Horse You Rode In On. The Hunt For The Gay Planet. ZZT. Make Your Own Video Games! Make Your Own Puzzlescript Game. Make Your Own Scratch Games! Make Your Own Twine Games! A Game Design Vocabulary. Rise of the videogame zinesters. Rise of the videogame zinesters : how freaks, normals, amateurs, artists, dreamers, dropouts, queers, housewives, and people like you are taking back an art form / Anna Anthropy., dated [2012]#, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Interview with Anna Anthropy, Once Upon a Pixel, 2019. What is Anthropy? Principles of a Hypothesis, 2026. 3.3 million years distilled into one principle anthropy in the longue durée, 2026. Public Debt and Anthropy Who Really Pays for Disorder?, 2026. Augustine, Arendt, and Anthropy, Sophia, 2009. About Disputed Existences: Dys4ia’s Conflicted Status between Game and Autobiography, European Journal of Life Writing, 2025. Parler de son vécu à travers la création vidéoludique : une étude du jeu Dys4ia, Conserveries Mémorielles, 2018.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Mighty Jill Off (pre-Jill Off Harder version) (2008) — Internet Archive. Calamity Annie (2008) — Internet Archive. Cave Noire Instruction Booklet (English Translation) (2014) — Internet Archive. Dys4ia (2012) — Internet Archive. Mighty Jill Off OST (2008) — Internet Archive. Mighty Jill Off [Win] (2008) — Internet Archive. dys41a — Internet Archive. Mighty Jill Off (2008) — Internet Archive. Star Wench (version 2.0) (2022) — Internet Archive. Star Wench (2014) — Internet Archive. Orc Killer: Blood-Slave of Gargax (2008) — Internet Archive. Orc Killer: Blood-Slave of Gargax 2.0 Demo (2023) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Anna Anthropy studied at Southern Methodist University and State University of New York at Purchase. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is design, video game and interactive media.

Works named in the authority record are Mighty Jill Off and Dys4ia.

Chronology

  1. 1901Anna Anthropy born at New York City.
  2. 2008Mighty Jill Off (pre-Jill Off Harder version) digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2008Calamity Annie digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2008Mighty Jill Off OST digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2008Mighty Jill Off [Win] digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2012Dys4ia digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 2014Cave Noire Instruction Booklet (English Translation) digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    3.3 million years distilled into one principle anthropy in the longue durée, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Augustine, Arendt, and Anthropy, Sophia, 2009

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Interview with Anna Anthropy, Once Upon a Pixel, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Anna Anthropy (Internet Archive), 7 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    Public Debt and Anthropy Who Really Pays for Disorder?, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    What is Anthropy? Principles of a Hypothesis, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Anna Anthropy.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 12 digitised items catalogued under Anna Anthropy as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Anna Anthropy.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q4766823: Anna Anthropy

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  11. 11.

    “Anna Anthropy”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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