Naught Dog did just fine. The entire conflict in Last of Us is Internal to Joel. And that was a game about shooting zombies. I also believe games like Max Payne literally had the character's inner monologue spoken over chapter screens.

: Yes it was. And I know that you work in film and think that the visual medium
: is always superior. But a radio play has touched you. Its almost all tell
: instead of show but the medium's limitations are also it's strengths
: because the story plays out in your head - that is where the story takes
: place. And when it works, it's a very compelling place to be.

First of all, there was a lot of 'show' in HTT. And second of all, audiovisual mediums provide superior possibilities. I have never said that a radio drama or a comic book or what have you can't be good. Case and point here.