Hypertext TV is a celebration of small, handmade games and sites. Sites air at a particular day and time each week. Come back at different times to see different sites!
Most platforms on the web offer on-demand access to practically limitless content. At the same time, platforms algorithmically tailor content to keep us engaged and online. Experiences are individualized—each person has a different feed, and a different sense of time as they navigate that feed.
Television and radio offer an alternative means of programming: a shared schedule, with programs airing at a particular time of day, experienced collectively.
Could we bring this to the web? What if a website went offline at a particular time of day? What if your favorite sites only aired once a week, for a limited time? How would that shape your interaction online? How would that shape your relation with others?
Hypertext TV is an attempt to imagine that shared schedule for the web: limited, unalgorithmic, collective. Explore what's airing today. Maybe you'll discover something new.
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This site aims to conform to the Level AA accessibility standards outlined in the WCAG 2.2 specification. If you experience an issue with accessing any part of this site, please file an issue and I’ll do my best to correct it.
Hypertext TV was created by Eva Decker at the School for Poetic Computation during the 2025 class The Browser is Already a Game Engine with Everest Pipkin. View full site credits.
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