I wanted to ask this in the other thread, but didn't want to piggy back. As someone who used to make 2D psuedo-JRPGs a very long time ago (hard as hell getting back into it), is there as much of a stigma about video games in the literary community as there used to be?
Or was there every one? When I was eighteen I wanted to do "art games." But gave that up that venture for short story writing.
I might do a visual novel later.
I don't know if there is a stigma, so to speak. In fact, in recent years, there are several game writers who have risen to a certain level of respect that I think is new in the space. For example, Ken Levine of Bioshock fame, Tim Schafer of Double Fine Games and Amy Hennig of Uncharted. And what I think is neat is they all have very distinct voices.