The man behind The Sims, Will Wright, places narrative controls back in the hands of gamers.

Nick Montfort reiterates the value of multiple perspectives on, and in, New Media.

A response that bridges things, as metaphors do.

Bill Seaman hyphenates the "hybrid-languages" of Lexia to Perplexia.

Janet Murray unriddles the verbal and procedural mix of Interactive Fiction.

Natalie Jeremijenko asserts that machine speech should re-awaken us to "the peculiar structure of participation that we take for granted."