I've been thinking a LOT lately about how video games can be/are used as a solely unique form of storytelling that achieves an emotional impact almost out of reach to every other medium

and I don't know what to do with that

like. every time I talk to my mom about this she says I should write an article. I want to write an essay; I want to write a book. plenty of other people have written books about storytelling in video games. this isn't a unique or new perspective. writing books is hard. I just want to tell someone. I want to explain it. but the whole point is that you can't explain it because what makes these stories so impactful is the way the audience experiences them firsthand

like, yes, I can tell you what about the format of the story makes such and such a game so impactful or whatever but then... what? what does a reader do with that information? do I want to influence people who aren't game-players to try out video games for the emotional impact? maybe. I mostly just want to tell someone