>Games as Literature is an endeavor that hopes to advance

>>9307821
Video games are art but not all art must be appreciated the same way.

People compare different mediums all the time. It's the easiest way to get a writing job or teaching position.

>>9307821
Third Person: Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives kind of does this, but it's less comparing lit to games and more just discussing the various ways in which different mediums tackle large stories.

>>9307821
It's an attempt to justify the wasted ours of their youth, as well as their current disinclination to read.

Games have some literary aspects, the same as movies (their scripting.) But while a small amount of videogames may occasionally approach literature, they remain something else.

>>9307821
The answer is literally right there in your quote; it's a mission statement for crying out loud. There is a bit of connecting logic you may want to discover for yourself in order to understand the mechanism, but you're capable of such a negligible amount of critical thought aren't you?

He strikes me as someone who enjoys watching their female partner have sex with men of African American descent.