Bring on the Real Computer Revolution [pdf]
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this quote, which is key to the title is 10 years wide of the mark: ``"As the computer scientist and graphical interface pioneer Alan Kay likes to say, "the real computer revolution hasn't happened yet" (“The Computer Revolution,” 2007)" '' This title, as far as I can tell, first appeared in the 1997 OOPSLA talk of the same name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY
Only a few? There are a lot of them, actually. Games are starting to become these, particularly ones which encourage exploration and making, like Minecraft. I think we're only at the beginning of our exploration of the craft of emergent sandbox worlds. We're probably at an analogous stage in emergent sandbox worlds as the cartoon doodles found on Japanese temple beams from around 1200 years ago. One day, we'll get to the sandbox world equivalent of "The Watchmen."