My very favorite grump is on blast at Gamasutra, grumbling about topics ranging from how there are no decent stories in games anymore, to how he is trying to remedy this and being thwarted at every turn by stonefaced game company executives. Full of piss, vinegar, and baseball metaphors, Gilbert gives us what-for:

GS: Is there anyone in particular that you would single out as doing the right things?

RG: Honestly, I have not played anything in a long time that I thought was doing a particularly good job at telling a story.

Computer games, as I just addressed, age very poorly. It must be insanely frustrating to have shed so much of your blood into a project that becomes unplayable to everyone but the gibbering fanatics (such as myself) a few scant years after it is birthed steaming onto the shelves.

Still, the news that he is still working, still campaigning for adventure games, is vastly hopeful. I'm rooting for you, Mr. Gilbert. Eliza Gauger

Ron Gilbert Interview [Gamasutra]

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