By Leigh Alexander
The past several years have given rise to a wonderful community online for games. In this ever-growing network of friends, rivals, bloggers, Twitter followers and forum buddies, there's a home for our Call of Duty 5 martial philosophy and our BioShock moral agony; there's a place where people really get why we have a problem with the divide between Shadow Complex's gameplay and its narrative.
And it's utterly heartening – not only are video games cresting noble heights on their path to a brave new frontier, but we as audiences are ready for this depth. We're prepared, cries the blogosphere, to embrace this new art form with grace and dignity.