Games Are Not Art

BRAIN: Lots of cranks in press
BRAIN: Roger Ebert had a long ranty screed on why video games can never be “art”
BRAIN: which is a discussion so pedantic I can’t even process it
BRAIN: then there was some long article on whether Lady Gaga is stupid or not
BRAIN: like she as an artist
SAMIR: oh dear
SAMIR: I read Ebert’s article
SAMIR: not that great
SAMIR: he’s just stuck in his POV
BRAIN: what a dick
SAMIR: well I like his writing on movies
SAMIR: but yes
BRAIN: it’s like “photography will never be art!!”
SAMIR: My guess is he once made a rip on some dumb game and got stuck in it
SAMIR: it’s sorta pointless
BRAIN: both those are
SAMIR: lady gaga?
BRAIN: the outcomes of either debate are entirely moot
SAMIR: yeah. debating WHAT IS ART is amongst the dumbest convos you can have
BRAIN: oop, wait, this isn’t art, I guess we have to stop looking at it now

So we’re saying that an enormous hand-painted watercolor, that you can run around in, that represents a world where the viewer can make time go backwards, and even be in two places at once, is not thought-provoking in any way and has no aesthetic value.

Good call there Ebert. Why not just stick to reviewing things you’ve actually viewed? I mean how is this legitimate?