Roger Ebert claims "video games cannot be art"; molests children.

Professor Smarmiarty · 04-21-2010, 08:37 AM

The problem is that while those potentials exist- the videogame can easily be the most post-modern medium of all time and challenge the player in ways that books/film/art can't, the vast majority of them don't and it is very difficult to find games that actually present themselves as this rather than just a test of your game-playing skills, not your emotive response to themselvse.
While you could say the same thing about movies (sort of anyway) there are established classics of movie-making as art that can be used as counterexamples whereas videogames not so much.

04-21-2010, 08:37 AM	#11
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	The problem is that while those potentials exist- the videogame can easily be the most post-modern medium of all time and challenge the player in ways that books/film/art can't, the vast majority of them don't and it is very difficult to find games that actually present themselves as this rather than just a test of your game-playing skills, not your emotive response to themselvse. While you could say the same thing about movies (sort of anyway) there are established classics of movie-making as art that can be used as counterexamples whereas videogames not so much. Last edited by Professor Smarmiarty; 04-21-2010 at 08:39 AM.