I'm not going to repeat some of the excellent points above but:
Seriously, games have advanced for a reason, people got tired of crappy graphics, dull stories and repeative gameplay.
Now we have games with dull stories and repeative gameplay, but now we have amazing graphics!
We're getting there.
Seriously, if anything, games are advancing too slow, and not being iniutive enough, games that are inuitive soon repeat their ideas over and over again, untill they defeat the purpose of being original in the first place.
When I was young I heard virtual realality games were in development, and comming soon, but they still are, I mean, apparently they're out in some centers, but the ones I've seen in universities are pretty shitty.
And wait, you still go to school? How can you know what old games truley are, unless well, ok, I don't want to know.
Games are actually alot better than old games believe it or not, you just enjoy them better because you compare them to other games of their time.
Games are going more mainstream, just accept it.
I know some fans are going to be pissed and defensive about it, but let them, I love seeing fat people rant in videogame stores about games starring bright animals that nobody cares about, it's a whole new form of entertainment.
Oh, and to go even more off toppic, but I must as well say this while I'm ranting, videogaming is not an art form, and if bioware makes this analgy one more time, I will consider doing something before releasing how foolish and inneffective it is.