Oh I wouldn't call it a miracle of modern gaming....but I also wouldn't really even put LOU into the category. I would say LOU is the pinnacle of modern gaming but miracle would imply that it created something brand new that changed the industry completely. LOU didn't create anything brand new but rather utilized many fairly standard gaming practices to a fuller extent than most games and then created a story that drove the player to continue to play. It was like reading an epic novel that you just could not put down.