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One of the cool things in that area, is the idea of an infinite canvas. In theory, with computers, there is no limit to how far you can go in any direction, but there's sort of an instinctive need to conform, to stay within the boundries of the screen, despite the ability to scroll. If you wanted to paint a picture, in real life, you could go as far as you want, but it's not practical. On a computer, it can in theory be infinite, though viewing and navagation can be more restrictive. On the other hand, you can do things that you would never be able to do in real life, all kinds of interactivity.
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"Oh, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, people ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a high priority. We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83 when I was the only practitioner of it, and I stopped because I was tired of being stared at."
Omnia mutantu, nos et mutamur in illis.
All things change, and we change with them.
- Neil Gaiman, Marvel 1602
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