I cannot believe that BOTH Skyrim AND Metal Gear Solid were attacked for having lame stories this week! If Garnett and Jeff were there I hope they would have been as nerd-raged as I am right now.

Look, let's get this straight, no games have mastered "high art" storytelling to match classic mediums of literature, drama, or film. Even television has a notable lead(*cough* The Wire). But it's totally unfair to look at the best game stories and act like they are letting everyone down somehow.

Bottom Line:
People love these game stories because they want pulpy fan-service too. I want to live Game of Thrones, so I play Elder Scrolls. I want be Indiana Jones, so I play Uncharted. I want be James Bond with a dash of Tarantino, I play MGS.

These games aren't trying to be Lord of the Rings or Citizen Kane; they are trying to make our FAVORITE stories interactive, not our BEST stories