though that comment about not needing zombies anymore was dumb. while videogames CAN tell complex and moving storys, who says they HAVE to? why cant some games be deep and others just be plain fun man?

i think a video game CAN be a great medium for storytelling (not that it always is), but like both books and movies it has its + and -. ill list a plus and minus for each: videogames:+you play as the hero and can to at least to some degree "live" the story. the - is really a double edged sword, it takes game play. which is fun but often puts the story in the background film:+ you see the action and get a story that you can either sit back and enjoy or get wrapped up in. - all you do with a film is watch, for example you cant really get in the characters heads and understand them as with vg and books which is partly do to with the alotted time (i know thats two - but who cares) books:+ books can be as looooooong as they like and gives by far the best UNDERSTANDING of the story characters and action - is that its hard to convey action sequences like would you rather read watch or play out a fight scene. so in my opinion its really a matter of the storytellers choice as to which medium they choose, any one of these can be made to work. (P.S. i know that there are waaaay more +s and -s to each choice but i just didnt feel like writing an essay(sue me))

ive only played sms and never got a wii to play smg. but just from the stills it looks like smg is the one with washed out color and worse graphics