Forum Overview :: Are Games Art? :: There's also the fact that Ebert is a fuck ass.

[quote name="Fussbett"]Ebert loves those horrible black and white movies and types his reviews on a typewriter, which, instead of being ashamed of, he proudly demonstrates in the opening credits of his TV show. He's firmly established that he's done with all things modern. How can modern compete with <i>classic</i>? But if you're going to ignore the fact that long ago Ebert became a fuck ass, you could also describe how hard it is to judge an interactive videogame against an art of linear narative. People always try, and they say that Zelda or Planescape Torment or Final Fantasy VII was <i>beautiful</i>. On top of being wrong, they're going about the videogame defense all wrong. Videogames are totally fresh. A videogame is like a painting combined with a sport like <i>team kickboxing</i>. Or if you like single player games, you could say it's like combining a book with a jigsaw puzzle. The point is, I enjoyed Rashomon, but if you want to discuss pure results, 88 minutes of Rashomon doesn't hold a candle to the 88 hours I've spent playing and loving BF2. Nevermind all that, though. Ebert doesn't even want to think about videogames. If someone, some sort of triple-expert on books, films AND games, were to make a list... he'd read it.[/quote]