Saturday, April 24, 2010

Video games can never be art - Roger Ebert's Journal

Video games can never be art - Roger Ebert's Journal

Chicagoan Roger Ebert releases
TED talk given at USC by Kellee Santiago

"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.

Wikipedia: "Art is the process of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions."

Key components of games are goals, rules, challenge, and interaction."

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