Art is perhaps something that is respected for eons and despite what is considered "good art" or "bad art" the genres stay relatively within a certain frame. That is, think about the most important criterion for what is deemed as "Art": THE SECOND OPINION. Without this, there is no "Art". So then, is something like the video game considered art? Many people nowadays seem to think so. But, then what about the "real" art and artists...could Metal Gear Solid, or World of Warcraft ever really compare to the Sistine Chapel, or a Beethoven symphony, or even, the Beatles White Album? A very biased Roger Ebert article stated "Video games can never be art." (4/10/2010, Chicago Sunday Times), and the title says it all. What came in the wake of such a "never"? More than a 1000 replies. Most of these replies listed all the various games out today that would be, should be, must be, ARE considered "art."
All this seemed to point to was that there was a growing consensus that believed in games, believed in the idea that it had some artistic merit, and could find beauty aesthetically in it.
Perhaps instead of deeming video games as mere games, or NON-artistic, perhaps it would be best to leave it to the tides.
