Byron T. Fong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. His current book manuscript, Kinetic Control, is an aesthetic history of four prominent video game mechanics: walk-cycle animation loops, scrolling, jumping, and menu navigation.

In addition to video games, Fong’s research addresses digital media and software design more broadly. His method of combining close reading with archival research develops a historically contextualized theorization of digital aesthetics. He has conducted archival research at Ritsumeikan University, Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, Computer History Museum Archives, and The Strong Museum of Play.