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Op Ed

Kotaku - My Response To Roger Ebert, Video Game Skeptic. By Kellee Santiago
But the final nail on this argument's coffin is the point that many, many of the hundreds of commenters have already made – it doesn't seem that Ebert has played many, if any video games. And if that's the case, then his opinion on the subject isn't relevant anyways. The title of my talk was "Video Games are Art – What's Next" because I felt it was time to move past the discussion about whether games are an artistic medium.. Similarly, it's time to move on from any need to be validated by old media enthusiasts. It's good for dinner-party discussion and entertaining as an intellectual exercise, but it's just not a serious debate anymore. As a rapidly growing medium, we game developers have so many other issues deserving of our attention.

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8. Re: Op Ed Apr 21, 2010, 04:00 Bhruic
 
That's a bit of a generalization.

Agreed, but it's a generalization that holds true. If you stand outside the latest action flick, and ask people coming out whether they consider it to be "art" or not, most of them will stare at you blankly. People don't go to the movies to see "art", they go to be entertained. Movie directors might care about art. Film critics might care about art. But I don't believe the general populous does. And you certainly can't suggest the general gaming populous really cares about whether games are considered "art" - most don't.
 
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