Thank you for taking the time to respond thoroughly. So – if I’m understanding – video games are an alternative to video media like TV shows? I can see vgs offering waayyy better interactivity (et al) than TV shows.

I guess I wasn’t even thinking about TV, in part cuz I don’t watch TV. I have seen many, many movies. Recently I read “Story* by Robert McKee (the guy doing writing workshops in the movie " Adaptation”), and it was really fascinating. He essentially says story is an essential element of human existence, and your comment – well, the way I read your comment – reiterates that point. It’s not pure entertainment so much as a lens for seeing the world.