In what seems to be his main job the past month, Tim Schafer talks to GameSpot about storytelling in gaming, and how it doesn't seem to envolve with the pace of technological advances. An excerpt:
People seem to be against story in games. But that's because they are usually terrible. Gamers really haven't been exposed to that many great stories, or even semi-decent writing I think.Check it out over at GameSpot. There's even a little video tribute in there.