In my mind video games are absolutely literature. My personal favorite example is Sam Barlow's "Her Story". It's a video based detective games where you sift t

In my mind video games are absolutely literature. My personal favorite example is Sam Barlow's "Her Story". It's a video based detective games where you sift through archive clips of a woman's police interviews. The questions are all lost. You have only answers to piece together the story. Without giving too much away, the game allows you to figure out what happened and come to your own conclusions without excessive handholding or explanation. You become the detective in the truest sense. I urge anyone with an interest in mystery or detective stories to try it. Her Story is also interesting because it doesn't require any particular technology. It could have been made in video form 20 years ago, or in text form even earlier. It is a work of pure creativity and shows how there are vast depths to explore in the world of video game story telling, away from the bright lights and big budgets of AAA titles.