Books

Anja Rau looks at three introductions to weblogs, and picks a surprising favorite.

Two books on the body in art culture: one drawn from museum galleries and performance art, the other from sex in advertising. Guess which one is more accessible? Guess which one smells?

New Media

Mark Bernstein says that "Business is a tough game. But, if you're going to make it in this racket, you've got to respect the honesty of the audience."

"Coover demands we make meaning by isolating and joining individual elements. The pleasure of Culture in Webs is how it takes what is essentially a linear argument, the notion of interconnectedness, and gradually develops it in a less and less linear fashion. "

Game designer Greg Costikyan takes on two complex and challenging political simulations: Europa Universalis II and Victoria. He calls them "games for smart people."

Educational game designer Scot Osterweil (The Zoombinis) takes a close look at the notorious Grand Theft Auto III: Vice City — and likes what he sees.

Tools

My Life With Master, a role-playing game, offers interesting insights into genre and intriguing opportunities for experimental hypertext narrative.

DENIM lets you sketch the design of a Web site -- literally. Sometimes, unpolished is good.

Blueprints

A generation of web designers, information architects, and Information Technology managers has been trained to believe that ornamentation on the Web is frivolous, unbusinesslike, and unusable. This is a mistake...