2/8/96 Rolling Stone
Technology Review
(p 55 , Review )
2/1/96 Computer Life Play
That Funky Music 'til you Die! ( 103,Review )
2/1/96 Strategy Plus Total
Distortion ( 70,Review )
2/1/96 Video Business
1/1/96 Electronic Entertainment Action
Adventure Total Distortion ( Review )
1/1/96 Computer Entertainment News Years
of Toil Pay Off for Pop Rocket Team
1/1/96 Lip Service
1/1/96 Xsess
1/1/96 Multimedia Merchandising
1/1/96 MultiMedia Merchandising Selling
Interactive Music: And in This Corner..the Great Round ( TD Mention )
1/1/96 CD-ROM Today The
Disc! ( 22,Review )
1/1/96 Computer Entertainment News Years
of Toil Pay off For Pop Rocket Team ( Review )
1/1/96 San Francisco Focus Class
Acts: the First Annual Arts Achievement Awards ( Review/Award)
1/1/96 Video Store CD-ROM
Reviews TD ( 46,Review )
1/1/96 PC Entertainment Total
Distrotion ( 82,Review )
12/27/95 USA Today
CyberListings Section ( Online
Listi)
12/26/95 Prodigy
Interview with Joe
( Interview )
12/25/95 Compter Game Review TD
Review on Website ( Review )
12/25/95 Computer Game Review
12/23/95 Orlando Sentinel
12/21/95 American Online
Interview with Joe
( Interview )
12/15/95 Channel 9 The News at Ten New York City Sean
Mooney Reporting: ( Review )
12/14/95 Games Domain
( Review
)
12/14/95 USA Today CD-ROMs
to put a twinkle in PC owners' eyes ( TD Mention )
12/8/95 Video Business Opening
Shots ( Mention )
12/7/95 New York Daily News
Review
, )
12/6/95 Rocky Mountain News CD-ROM
game beats the odds ( Feature )
12/4/95 Mac Week Reviews
in ToyLand ( Review )
12/3/95 Newsday A
Multimedia Twist in 'Total Distortion' ( Review
)
12/3/95 Oakland Tribune Cyberia
Excursions into the Digital Domain, Ignition ,Interview )
12/1/95 Salon Internet
12/1/95 Webweek Under
Construction the craft of building effective Web sites ( Mention )
12/1/95 Detroit Free Press
(
Review )
11/30/95 New York Post MTV
producer wannabes get a game of their own ,Review )
11/27/95 Entertainment Weekly Clear
Winner ( 79,Review )
11/27/95 New York Post
( Review
)
11/26/95 LA Times From
Babe to Hexen: They're Sure to Click ( Mention )
11/19/95 Tulsa, OK, World
Computer Games Ideal for Older Children And Adults
( Mention )
11/19/95 Atlanta, GA Journal Constitution
TechMedia: This Week's Highlights
( Report )
11/19/95 San Jose Mercury Total
Distortion ( TD history )
11/19/95 New York Newsday Total
Distortion
11/18/95 Billboard New York Total
Distortion ( Review )
11/17/95 LA Times They're
Sure to Click
11/13/95 Billboard Magazine Total
Distortion
11/10/95 Multimedia Daily Pop
Rocket Blasts Off
11/6/95 Computer Retail Week
Rocket's noisy launch
( Review )
11/5/95 Louisvills, KY, Courier-Journal Vapor
trail ( Feature )
11/5/95 Providence, RI, Journal-Bullatin Ray
Bradbury fans may see red ( Mention )
11/1/95 Journal Record, Oklahoma City Game
company overcomes high-profile delay for 'Total Distortion' ( Feature )
ONLINE - Salon Online - Not DEAD Yet? (www.salon.com
- by Scott Rosenberg)
9/28/95 - Contra Costa Times - Distortin
Reality (p. F-1)
9/9/95 - Daily Midway Driller - Ex-Taftians
Tackle Computer World (Cover story, p. 1, 6)
9/1/95 - SPIN -
Total Distortion
9/1/95 & ONLINE - Apple Directions - The Pop
Rocket Story (Feature - online
version also)
July/August - Multimedie CDROM Magasinet -
Total Distortion fra the Pop Rocket (p. 18,19 - TD Preview)
ONLINE
- CD-ROM Today - Launching the Pop Rocket (futurenet.co.uk
- TD/Pop Rocket Profile)
8/06/95 - New York Times Magazine-
Virtual Virtuoso (p. 28-31 - Pop Rocket Profile)
September -
Playboy - disc heads (p.130 - big mention, profile)
August -
New Woman - Great Escapes (p. 22 - TD Preview)
8/01/95 -
Esquire Japan - Joe Sparks (p. 60-61 - Feature/Profile )
7/01/95
- Electronic Musician - Welcome to the Frontier (p. 93-145 -
Feature/Profile )
ONLINE - c|net Central - the c|net Top 100
CD-ROMs (cnet.com
- TD Preview )
ONLINE - c|net Central - Hot List (online - TD
Preview)
6/01/95 - CD-ROM Today (Europe) - Launching the Pop (
p. 20-21 - Feature/Profile )
6/01/95 - Computer Life - Direct
Some Twisted Videos ( p. 52 - TD Preview )
6/01/95 & ONLINE -
Multimedia
World - The Player: Total Distortion: Vaporeware No More ( p. 136 - TD
Preview & ONLINE version)
5/13/95 - Los Angeles Times - The Evolution
Revolution ( p. F-1 - Big Mention )
5/12/95 - E3 Show Daily -
Total Distortion ( p. 43 - Mention )
5/01/95 - Computer Gaming
World - Beta.bits ( p. 33, 381 - TD Preview )
4/17/95 -
Entertainment Weekly - Friscotech ( p. ? - Big Mention )
4/01/95
- Electronic Entertainment - Guided Tour: Total Distortion ( p.
46-49 - TD Preview )
4/01/95 - Strategy Plus - Total Distortion
( p. 36-7 - TD Preview )
4/01/95 - Electronic Entertainment -
Editors Page: Alternative Rock ( p. 4 - Big Mention )
3/01/95 - PC
Format - Pop Culture ( p. ? - TD Preview )
2/12/95 - SF
Examiner & Chronicle - The Fight for Multimedia's Soul ( p. ? -
Mention )
1/23/95 - Computer Retail Week - There's Gold in
Those Silver Disks ( p. 49-50 - Listing )
1/05/95 - San Francisco
Chronicle - Showdown at the Virtual Corral ( p. D1 - Big Mention )
12/01/94 - Computer Life - The Gamer: Make a List and Play It Twice
( p. 221-222 - Mention )
12/01/94 - The Red Herring - Private
Company Profiles ( p. 32 - Mention )
12/01/94 - The Red Herring
- Infotech M&A ( p. 93 - Mention )
11/28/94 - Advertising Age
- Getting Wired in the Gulch ( p. 24 - Mention )
11/01/94 - CVG
- Total Distortion ( p. 20 - TD Preview )
11/01/94 - Login
Magazine - Total Distortion ( p. 167 - TD Preview )
11/01/94 -
CD-ROM Today - Long Time Comin' ( p. ? - Mention )
11/01/94 -
Warner Books - The Multimedia Home Companion ( p. 131,93,84,59 - Book
)
10/24/94 - Washington Post - Say You Wan A Multimedia
Revolution? ( p. 26 - Mention )
10/19/94 - MicroTimes - Gulch
Gossip ( p. 270 - Mention )
10/15/94 - Mono: CD-ROM Boy -
Digital Jam ( p. 6,7 - Feature )
10/01/94 - Multimedia
Merchandising - Total Distortion ( p. ? - Mention )
9/30/94 -
Los Angeles Times - Joining Multimedia Gold Rush ( p. A26 - Big
Mention )
9/21/94 - National Public Radio (NPR) - Joe Sparks:
Interview ( p. ? - Radio )
9/10/94 - Pop-Eye - Things to Watch
For ( p. 162 - Big Mention )
9/05/94 - AdWeek - Start Your
Content Engines ( p. 16-17 - Feature )
9/05/94 - New York Times
- The Computer Gurus of Multimedia Gulch ( p. 9,12 - Big Mention
)
9/01/94 - MacWorld Japan - Trends and News ( p. 58 - Mention
)
9/01/94 - Media Direct - "TD Creator, Joe Sparks, Comes to
Japan!!" ( p. 19 - Feature )
8/20/94 - Dig Mag - Total
Distortion ( p. 8,9 - Cover Story )
8/01/94 - New Media Magazine
- The Winners: New Media Invision Multimedia Awards ( p. S10,S18 -
Mention )
8/01/94 - Computer Graphics World - Playing with the
Music ( p. 44,48 - Feature )
8/01/94 - Me!dea Magazine - Pop
Rocket Will Totally Distort the Way You Look at... ( p. 28-29 - Feature
)
8/01/94 - Mix Magazine - Distorted Interactivity: Pop
Rocket's Multimedia Vision ( p. 74-78 - Feature )
8/01/94 - Quit
- Multimedia Bigshot Artist: Joe Sparks ( p. 114 - Feature )
8/01/94 - Mix Magazine - Music and Multimedia '94: Converging
Industries Meet ( p. 80-218 - Big Mention )
7/30/94 - Video Store
- Pop Rocket Blasts Off to Multi-Platform Future ( p. ? - Big Mention
)
7/25/94 - Microtimes - Gulch Gossip ( p. 254 - Mention )
7/20/94 - SPA!: Bus. Cult. & Ent. Weekly - Hi-Tech Hippies ( p. 100
- Feature )
7/18/94 - Computers and Electronics - Pop
Rocket-Venture Capitalist Invest ( p. 17 - Feature )
7/17/94 - San
Francisco Chronicle and Examiner - The World on a Disk: How to pick
the best CD-ROMs ( p. E-3 - Mention )
7/17/94 - San Francisco
Chronicle and Examiner - The Top 20 Multimedia Stars ( p. E2 - Big
Mention )
7/01/94 - MacPress - Multimedia Gulch ( p. 3 -
Mention )
6/13/94 - Microtimes - Shifting Gears (Multimedia and
Beyond) ( p. 157-8 - Big Mention )
6/5/94 - Union-Tribune (San
Diego) - Rock n' Roll Rockets into ROM ( p. E-7 - Mention )
5/22/94 - San Francisco Examiner - Leaders of the Pack ( p. C-17 -
Mention )
5/09/94 - San Francisco Chronicle - Music Industry
Plugs into CD-ROM ( p. E1,2 - Big Mention )
5/02/94 - Business
Week - Digital Pioneers - Blazing a Trail on the Interactive Frontier
( p. 96-103 - Cover Story )
5/01/94 - CD-ROM Professional -
Playing Games ( p. ? - Mention )
5/01/94 - Business Week (Nikkei
Business) - Digital Pioneers - Blazing a Trail on the Interactive
Frontier ( p. 88-91 - Big Mention )
4/25/94 - Mac Week -
Multimedia Developers Get Messages Across Platforms ( p. ? - Mention )
4/22/94 - New York Times - Digital Pioneers Ad ( p. C17 - Mention
)
4/01/94 - CD-ROM World - Head Games ( p. 47 - Mention )
4/01/94 - Compute - The Future of PC Games ( p. 90-91 - Big Mention
)
3/21/94 - Wall Street Journal - Slim Pickings ( p. ? -
Mention )
3/14/94 - Nikkei Personal Computing - "2% Idea, 98%
Perspiration" ( p. 127 - Feature )
3/07/94 - Microtimes - Gulch
Gossip ( p. 288 - Mention )
3/01/94 - Compute - Fast Forward:
Comdex Sounds Off for Multimedia ( p. ? - Mention )
3/01/94 -
Electronic Entertainment - Take Control of Rock n' Roll ( p. 54,57 -
Mention )
2/05/94 - Computer Chronicles - MacWorld SF ( p. ? -
TV )
1/01/94 - Macintosh Entertainment Bible - Total Distortion
( p. 28,9 - TD Preview )
1/01/94 - Electronic Entertainment -
Is There Rock After Death? ( p. 11 - Feature )
1/01/94 - Multimedia
Reporter - Watching Sparks Fly ( p. 1,2 - Feature )
12/01/93 -
Marketing Computers - Let The Games Begin ( p. 16 - Mention )
12/01/93 - EYE-COM - Key Man Interview: Joe Sparks ( p. 140-143 -
Feature )
11/16/93 - Comdex Daily - Adventurous Players Use
CD-ROM Music Video Game... ( p. 104 - Feature )
11/01/93 -
Multimedia Reporter - Interactive Fun at the Film Fest ( p. 6 -
Mention )
11/01/93 - New Media - Titles Tattler ( p. 81 -
Mention )
11/01/93 - San Francisco Focus - Welcome To Your
Future ( p. 151 - Mention )
10/28/93 - AdWeek - Marketing on
the Super Highway ( p. 29 - Big Mention )
10/18/93 - Computer
Retail Week - Top Shelf: Blasting Off ( p. 95 - Feature )
10/11/93
- Nikkei Personal Computing - Digital Art ( p. 228-231 - Big
Mention )
10/01/93 - Superbrands - Marketing on the Super
Highway ( p. 29 - Mention )
10/01/93 - Mill Valley Film Festival
Guide - Interactive Media Exhibition ( p. 75 - Big Mention )
10/01/93 - New Media - Declarations of Independants ( p. 50-51 -
Big Mention )
9/13/93 - Mediaweek - Virtual Veracity ( p. ? -
Big Mention )
9/10/93 - Business Times - Bay Area Multimedia
Companies ( p. 11A - Listing )
9/10/93 - San Francisco Business
Week - "Multimedia Explosion Rocks, Rolls Bay Area" ( p. 6A-10A - Big
Mention )
8/01/93 - CD-ROM - Joe Sparks ( p. ? - Feature )
7/29/93 - KGO-TV (ABC) - """A Look at Multimedia""g ( p. 5 min. -
TV )
7/01/93 - CD-ROM Today - Newsline ( p. 16 - Mention )
7/01/93 - PC Engine: CD-ROM Capsule - The Dawn of Digital
Entertainment ( p. 56-57 - Feature )
6/27/93 - San Francisco
Examiner - Multimedia Start-ups May Get Giant Boost ( p. ? - Mention
)
5/31/93 - Microtimes - Graphic Adventure Developers on the
Edge ( p. ? - Big Mention )
5/01/93 - San Francisco Business -
Rising Stars ( p. 18-19 - Feature )
4/01/93 - Multimedia World
- Distorted Disc: Maximum MTV ( p. ? - Big Mention )
3/01/93 -
Mac World - Top 10 CD-ROMs ( p. 100 - Mention )
3/01/93 -
California Business - The Multimedia 50: Meet 50 Standout Firms ( p. ?
- Listing )
3/01/93 - Computer Gaming World - The ROM Stranger
( p. ? - )
2/03/93 - Seattle Times - Multimedia Gulch ( p. ? -
Mention )
2/01/93 - Joystick - Pop Rocket: Total Distortion (
p. 30 - TD Preview )
2/01/93 - New Media - Big Screen: Total
Distortion ( p. ? - TD Preview )
1/01/93 - Media Direct - Mac
Expo ( p. ? - Mention )
1/01/93 - Educorp Catalog - A Totally
Insane Multimedia Experience: Total Distortion ( p. 9 - Feature )
1/01/93 - Macintosh CD-ROM '93 - The Long Awaited First Solo Work
of Joe Sparks ( p. 13 - Feature )
1/01/93 - Music Magazine -
"Game? Multimedia? Or, is it Grunge Rock?" ( p. 36-47 - Feature )
1/01/93 - Game (Pia) - Games and Computer Graphics ( p. 56-63 -
Cover Story )
1/01/93 - Demystifynig Multimedia - Case Study (
p. ? - Book )
1/01/93 - Multimedia Frontier '93 - Joe Sparks (
p. 112-117 - Book )
12/21/92 - NPC Report: Multimedia - Hit
Software Opens Multimedia ( p. 144,146 - Mention )
12/7/92 - San
Francisco Chronicle - Multimedia is Electronics Megatrend ( p. B6 -
Mention )
9/25/92 - Media Direct - "Special Interview: Joe
Sparks, Multimedia Artist" ( p. 8,9 - Feature )
4/01/92 - Mac Life
- Pop Rocket: Joe Sparks ( p. 156,7 - Feature )
1/01/92 -
Macromedia International User Conference - Interactive Gallery ( p. 3
- Big Mention )