Well, because it seems as if the article suggested that nothing has filled the niche, and because the exploratory nature of Myst is present to a smaller extent, and various other features such as the "unassuming stranger" component are replaced.
And because I'm in a rhetorical mood tonight because of work-related communications sitting in my inbox, since you ask. :P
And because I'm in a rhetorical mood tonight because of work-related communications sitting in my inbox, since you ask. :P