IFS: Reading, Writing, and Speaking in the Digital Age

Often times, videogames are targeted for rotting the brains of children across the globe, and are even painted as being the cause of mass shootings and other tradgedies.  Though the mainstream news may paint the medium as inferior or even detrimental, a careful eye can see untold essayistic value in the format.  Despite attracting an audience looking for a good time, the interactive nature of a videogame truly helps deliver the artistic value found therein effectively.  We will analyze a few key examples of games as essays to prove the industry's worth using a few brilliant masterpieces recent times have churned out.