I have to disagree about the country part. I didn't hear her trying to halo at all (whether or not that's an effect) - I heard her saying that that's her culture, her influences, and her inspiration. Plus, you really cannot take anything away from the Nordic countries when it comes to innovative computer applications. I would add to her list the whole Demo Scene, which laid much of the technical foundation for the game industry boom of the late '90's and '00's. And of course, Minecraft, which is the biggest realistic, interactive, shared cellular automata world simulation that I'm aware of.