Stepping out of the virtual worlds paradigm

I thought Gamasutra readers might be interested in reading (and challenging) my recent article on the pitfalls of the Virtual Worlds paradigm in videogames, published in the e-zine on videogame history, Memory Insufficient (link below).

This isn't technically an original Gamasutra blog post, but the readership here is, I think, an ideal one. And I would really love the feedback of anybody who has the time to read it.

http://meminsf.silverstringmedia.com/art/stepping-out-of-the-virtual-world-paradigm