Re: Video Games Can Never Be Art -Ebert
BaB: That's the funny thing. Scholars still haven't defined what art is. That's what I find comical about it. No one has a clear definition of what art is, so how in the fuck can you argue that something isn't art?
Also I can't believe the few of you that agreed with Ebert. Shame.
He's making these assumptions based on watching video clips of games on youtube.
Part of the beauty and art in games is experiencing them.
Like I actually felt bad when I was a kid for trading my pikachu because I spent a lot of time leveling it up and playing with it.
I was floored at the end of Shadow of Colossus and through most of the game I had this pain inside every time I took down another beast. Remember when Agro fell? Oh pain, so much love for that horse. Holy shit that game.
The huge amazing stories that some games tell. The intricate metaphors, and experiences? Video games aren't art. Bullshit. If they aren't art, then neither is film or literature.
Anything else in the art world can make you empathize with the characters, but video games actually have you make choices, as the characters, so when shit goes down, you feel that way. At the end it's your actions that did that shit. In some games at least.
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