"Creating this list is an assertion that digital games have a cultural significance and a historical significance," Mr. Lowood said in an interview.
For a couple of half-chapters, his usual wiry, empirical style gives way to the airier assertions of digital evangelism.
Prime Minister Enda Kenny, speaking Wednesday in Brussels, said that global tax rules "have not kept up" with economic changes in the digital era, but he rejected assertions by Senate investigators that Ireland gave Apple a special 2 percent tax rate.
It is when Nicholas Negroponte's assertion in 1995 of "being digital" switches to "been digital" because we will have been there and done that.
As a control measure they suggest digital signature as used in SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language), security gateways, SSL, encryption, hashing.
Meanwhile, Rajan's final editor's letter ends with the assertion that the move to digital-only "will be vindicated by history".
Furthermore, and rather ironically, many of the specific assertions made in relation to digital technologies, learning, and markets are flawed.
The gaming industry confronted several issues in 2012, among them the transition from physical to digital platforms and the controversy stemming from assertions of a connection between gun violence and gaming.
The clothes featured take a backseat to the brand's assertion that it's hip to digital culture and the aesthetics that have been circulating online under the umbrella of net art.
Whether we're more engaging, less polite or bolder in our political assertions, we tend to present our digital personas differently than we present ourselves in reality.
