What is the cultural significance of entertainment software?
With hindsight we can discern digital games to have been pioneering tools in the realm of cyberspace. Ever since the times when computers still had the size of cupboards and television was only considered to be a means of one way communication, these games — although interpreted as mere playtoys — played a major role in paving the way for what we nowadays call information society. Computer games evolved as the first applications, where instead of the individuals adjusting themselves to the requirements of the machine (having to learn a program language), the computer was designed to fit the human being. This holds for the level of operating the machines and likewise for the contents and themes of the games. Such games were the driving force for popularizing the very technology which is the backbone of social communciation in our age. And by continuing to form this base they are making these virtual worlds accessible to all and filling them with exciting contents.
