Books

"Ever since artists began using computers as tools for making art, innovations have been as numerous as snowflakes in January." But which innovations are truly unforgettable? Greco finds answers in her review of Christiane Paul's Digital Art.

" ...the scope of Women, Art, and Technology is refreshingly wide." But in spite of its breadth, did this book satisfy Plant's appetite?

"Jay David Bolter has done it again ... teaming up with Diane Gromola, he produces an important argument about both computer interfaces and digital art." George P. Landow reviews Windows and Mirrors.

We haven't left Spain just yet. Crossing time and cultures, hypertext theory adept Tosca discovers the true pearls in literatura hipertextual y teoría literaria.

New Media

"Nobody knows who is creating The Footage, or why. Theories abound. Is it a promotional stunt for a new feature film? A work in progress? A new form of performance art?" Bernstein opens the window to Gibson's alluring Pattern Recognition.

"Recently, a raft of shady enterprises has begun to create bogus referrer logs entries or referrer spam. What seem, at first, to be weblogs that link to your writing turn out, instead, to be advertisements for quack medicines or gambling services." Bernstein and Rau look at the latest waves in comment spam.

Not all games are about winning. Helen Kennedy plays Clan Lord, a social MMOPRG.

Tools

How good can a dance game be, that relies on the player moving her arms, not her legs? Get into the groove with Rau.

Blueprints

Design has power. Design has consequences. Design is challenging. Brenda Laurel calls for muscular design.