Video Games as Art

I’ve never liked Roger Ebert.  Mostly because he’s a pompous ass who seems to think that if there isn’t something deeply profound about a movie (and even if there is, he’ll often miss the point), then the movie is a useless piece of trash.

Well, as you can imagine he doesn’t think much of video games.  I always find this point of view entirely frustrating, because the people defending it are almost always (and certainly in this case) highly unfamiliar with the material in question.  If you’re going to have an opinion about something, why not give it a fair chance, maybe even take a look at some of the premium examples of artwork that medium has to offer.  Comparing Clive Barker’s Undying to Romeo and Juliet is comparable to comparing Terminator 2 to The Tempest, but I’m not trying to tell you that Film isn’t a valid art form.

So essentially what I’m saying here Rog is shut the fuck up.