Video games are OFFICALLY recognized as ART by NEA

[Lumenskir]

I am also totally against funding video games as art, but mostly because of this

Think about it, this means people can now make games that aren't commercially viable. Games on political commentary, interactive teaching tools, games that are a fully immersive painting.

Ugh. Yes, what we need is to provide excuses for someone to make some annoying Pitfall clone where every other screen is a text dump about the abortion debate, or something else equally "deep" that they don't feel the need to make playable.

Also, off topic (like the debt debate)

If used right this can generate an entirely new art culture that we haven't seen since creation of movies

...Uhm, television?