"I do not play computer games as they are far beyond my sphere of interest,"

Well, that's the problem right there. Though I think considering he's an artist I find it more strange that he sees the convergence of media entirely critical. While I can certainly see that sometimes this is just used in a hype and marketing machine, I find the potential in mixing and juxtaposing different kind of media has a huge creative potential, and games in particular are in a great (though woefully underused) position to take advantage of that.

But I happily forgive him his narrow focus, because he created the base for the most interesting world in current CRPGs - maybe pride, focus, and ego are necessary to create something that convincing.