Dear Mr Ebert,
You are not an Art critic. You are not a Videogame critic.
You are a movie critic. As such, you understand movies in a deeper, more detailed manner and may actually understand what constitutes as simple Fluff or actual artistic endeavor in film making.
However, you are not a Art Critic. I would not trust your opinion to tell me which one of two paintings is art and which one is not. I would not trust your opinion to tell me why you believe the works of Bach to be Art but never the work of a Hardcore gangsta Rapper. You are not a music critic either, and i don't expect you to have in dept knowledge of this field and it's creative process and evolution.
To be blunt and quite honest, i would take pause before considering you views about a Play in Broadway. Although you understand movies and i can relate that Theater is nothing but it's Brother... you are a movie critic and a filmmaker. I would expect you to excel in that.
So, are games Art? I don't know, i'm not a Game Critic. But neither are you. I'll tell you that i do enjoy games though, and some do capture my attention and appreciation via their stories, presentation, characterization and sometimes simply due to it's quirkiness and bold attempts at poking the "usual" and making fun of itself while being fun.
So, shut up.
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