From what I've seen in my limited experience with this whole thing, Ebert thinks art more along the lines of Shakespeare and Picasso than anything else. You know, things we're taught in high school and such about stuff dead guys made(Not that it's not art, natch).
So not only is he trying to talk of a subject he's not entirely researched in, not to mention being unwilling to research it anyways, but his definition of art is rather skewed for a lot of people. I wouldn't worry too much.
I can understand why people wish to defend games as art, though. I mean, it's Roger Ebert. Like it or not, he's still a name in the media biz, and also one of the biggest. Having his approval of gaming's artistic merits would be nice for gaming as a whole, if only because the mainstream would be receptive to him.
I mean, no, it doesn't exactly matter in the end, but it'd be nice if he gave games some credit.
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