The demystification of media, enabled by the joystick and other early interactive technologies, was quickly reversed through the development of increasingly opaque computer interfaces.

Its opaque and image-heavy interfaces made it increasingly one-way and read-only, more conducive to commerce than communication.

He has deconstructed the content of the game, demystified the technology of its interface and now feels ready to open the codes and turn the game into a do-it-yourself activity.

That's why the software and interfaces developed for the commercial webspace tended to take user's hands off the keyboard and onto the mouse.