Among the specific forms of rationality that are to be analyzed with regards to games are the control circuit, the simulation and the data base. As different cultural forms of the computer’s conveyed mediality they represent intermediate elements between the calculating, programmable machine and the cultural grammar of its handling as well as its social implementation, between ‘hard’ technology...

INTRODUCTION Object-oriented (OO) programming languages and OO analysis and design techniques influence data base systems design and development. The inevitable result is the object-oriented data base management system (OODBMS). Many of the established data base vendors are incorporating objectoriented concepts into their products in an effort to facilitate data base design and development in t...