Why do Miyazaki’s games have such timeless appeal?

From Eurogamer: “It’s hard to conceive of an artistic medium more ephemeral than video games. In the opening pages of his book Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, Tom Bissell writes with undisguised melancholy, “One game designer told me that, due to the impermanent and tech-dependent nature of his medium, he sometimes felt as though he were writing his legacy in water.””