We will see that play is reflected in the toy-like appearance of the laptop as well as in the proliferation of games, game engines, and game-oriented constructionist software on the device—a proliferation that reflects the importance of video games in the childhoods of many of OLPC’s developers. Connectivity was built into the XO via its “mesh network,” which was designed to enable easy connections to other laptops and the internet and taken as a prerequisite for its Bitfrost security system—and which reflected the kinds of computer-mediated connections that were most important to many on the
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