I thought that it was relevant when Aarseth was discussing the difference between the cybertext reader and the book reader. My parents never believed how much i was reading when playing game s like Final Fantasy. They are "book chauvinists." This generation is much harder to talk into reading a normal book because they would rather be the main character then a passive listener to a story. A lot of new game also have a cinema quality to them. In other words, people will actually watch another person play a game for the story. My roommate watched me play a lot of Half-Life 2. Moving forward it would be great to get to see more games which have a more elegant storyline, better vocabulary, and stronger messages. However, there has been a shift from text in games to audio voice overs. The facial technology can make characters move their lips when they are talking. I believe that the cybertext types of games are dying out.
Having said that I do love Zelda. I beat the Ocarina of Time for Nintendo 64. There is a lot of text in that game and i read it all. The new Zelda game for the Wii still has a lot of text rather than voice in it as well. The Wii is still last place in graphics though and this is the reason for the text. Its graphics are even worse then the PS2 or original XBOX.