In class, we discussed the importance that Hayles gave to materiality/design, not only in the text of her book, but also in its visual design. For their book, First Person, Wardrip-Fruin and Harrigan also hired someone, Michael Crumpton, whose sole job was to design the visual aspects of their book. A few other people have discussed the materiality of First Person; here are my thoughts:

When I compare Crumpton's design for First Person to Anne Burdick's design for Writing Machines, Burdick comes out ahead, I think. Both designs incorporate screenshots into the body of the text, which is certainly helpful. But apart from that shared feature, the two books use different design elements. We've already discussed Burdick's design some-- the magnified text, the "hyperlinks," the screenshots and actual text incorporated into the text. Crumpton's two most unique and visible design features are the top/bottom split text and the brief outline at the top of the page that shows which authors and responses are in the current chapter, and which one you're presently reading.