Just out of curiosity: what do you understand as "game"?

Woah, that's a really hard thing to define, but I'll try.

A game, in it's simplest form is a set of rules that people follow in order to challenge themselves or others. Either for their or others' entertainement (gladiator games would be an example of purely other's etertainement)

It is somewhat separated from things like theatre and plays by the challenge aspect, and from movies by the participation aspect. Under this definition, all sports are games.

That's the best I can do... I think.

Then I do think that QD's games fit in that category.

Of course they do, however, they are so light on the participation, and so heavy on the story, that their direction is moving away from gaming, even though they are games.

I'm glad they are trying something like this. I just wonder if it will play out well for the consumer. I hope so.

It seems that someone was reading your post, because

http://www.gog.com/promo/wide_awake_bundle

$4.48 for both games! Or just $2.99 for Alan Wake.

Good catch :D

I love developers like this who encourage the art of game-making, no matter the console.