"In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." - H.P. Lovecraft
A common meme surrounding games is that they are supposedly in their infancy, that the reason game stories don't really work very well, or that players don't really participate in games as heroes is a problem of technology and technique.
What the meme is actually trying to say is that games should be unlimited and that they should not accept constraints because one day the tools and techniques will exist to craft the perfect world. This ideality will offer meaning and gameplay, players will become heroes, and finally games will take their rightful place at the head of all media tables.
In his house at R'lyeh, dead Techthulhu waits dreaming. The meme is beautiful. It's also wrong.