Simon Penny recalls that the origins of the human-computer interface, politicized by a military heritage, are now explored by artist-enigineers who chaperone fragmentation and dissent.

Eric Zimmerman modifies Gonzalo Frasca's game strategy with a strategic patch.

Eugene Thacker sees ethical acting as a potential stumbling block, one that trips up technological complicity.

The "cognitive entailments" of a reader, or "interactor," are where Katherine Hayles redirects the new aesthetics of electronic textuality.

Reiichi Miura considers the worldwide reception of Japanese writer Haruki Murakami and charts a course for a fiction where nationalism loses relevance.

Richard Schechner remembers the real-life side of interaction.

The Politics of Information: fifth and final installment under the Technocapitalist thread.

Marc LaFountain reviews a new collection of Bataille's writings and considers the philosopher's thoughts on prayer in a system and practice of atheology.

Chris Carter and Greg Ulmer dialogue through e-mails on the mission of the FRE.

Katie King on the challenges and rewards, in her own life and the lives of her students, that emerge when writing about personal encounters with technology.