Can Video Games Ever Be Art?
Can Video Games Ever Be Art? If you ask famed movie critic Roger Ebert, the answer is a resounding no. Why not? Let’s take a moment to critique the critic’s latest blog.
Ebert argues “No one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparison with the great poets, filmmakers, novelists and poets. To which I could have added painters, composers, and so on, but my point is clear.”
Link: http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html
While this statement maybe true, it does not support his original argument – and that it “video games will never be art”. Before we continue, perhaps we should define just what “art” is. Not an easy task by any means, but one we will try to accomplish.
