Dear Esther: An interview

[Bek]

Did you play the original mod?
Personally, I think the games as a good way to tell stories, specifically between books and movies. Better than movies, lesser than books.

Dear Esther is a mod/game proves my point.

Every medium has it's strengths and weaknesses. Books allow great detail and descriptions, they really let you get inside a characters head. Movies get to go for maximum impact, condensing everything down into a short experience. Games, their biggest strength is their interactivity, as this is what separates them from other genres. They can always use text to give beautiful descriptions (planescape:torment), they can use flashy graphics to show off pretty polygons (Crysis) and then there are the few special examples that give a perfect mix of interactivity, storytelling, atmosphere (deus ex).