WoW lore thread (kind of but not really)

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I've just started reading pic related and the first chapter talks about Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk - concept of a total work of art, which he tried (and by many opinions failed) to accomplish with The Ring of Nibelung. It also talks about Volklore (or folklore) and Tolkien.
So WoW has a developed mythology that goes all the way to creation. It has a story, visual setting, music. Kind of like a total work of art, if we conceded on the "art" part, although at the rate we're going with virtual worlds, I don't see how video games would NOT be included into arts in the future. If a written play is the art behind the performed play, and a screenplay is the art behind the movie (again, I'm just laying this out there, I'm not sure where I stand on it myself), then video games are the next medium? I fought this for a long time but good God, it's not going away is it? Readers will be readers and consumers will be consumers.
And not only WoW, but video games in general, I mean if you played Age of Mythology as a kid you've started with the Greeks
I'm not sure if I'm getting my point across, so I'll just stop here.