I don't think the title "Video Games Are Better Without Stories" is true. The premise of the article seems to be slightly different than the title: that tradi

I don't think the title "Video Games Are Better Without Stories" is true. The premise of the article seems to be slightly different than the title: that traditional mediums can tell stories better than video games. Which seems true, or at least.. has been true so far. Personally I think video games can tell stories differently (not better or worse) than movies/books. They can do a much better job of putting you in the story and actually feeling something. The author uses the example of Bioshock, but really that's a poor choice for his thesis. Bioshock wasn't using the gaming medium to tell a story, they were using a story to add to a video game. Which was great, it worked very well to add to the action and became critically acclaimed (which seems to me to prove the title of the article wrong). But the story was just tacked on to the game, the game wasn't there to tell that story. There are a few good "games" that are really just a story in a game setting. Here's a couple that I've seen: Firewatch - http://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/ - Uses a mystery setting to tell a story. It seems like video games (at least first person ones) are constrained in a lot of ways to use mystery settings to tell stories. I've played this one and can attest it is pretty good and you actually feel involved. Emily is Away - http://steamcommunity.com/app/417860 http://steamcommunity.com/app/417860 - This one is an interactive instant messaging story, so very nostalgic for our crowd. However, it's not as interactive as it necessarily seems. Which is why I consider it a story in a game setting. I haven't actually played this one yet, but I've had it in my "wish list" on steam for a while until I'm in the right mood for it. However, it's free to play so you can try this one yourself without anything but a time committment.