Forum Overview :: Are Games Art? :: Re: EBERT CLARIFIES

[quote name="Don Pistacho"][quote name="Andrew"][quote]There is a structural reason for that: Video games by their nature require player choices, which is the opposite of the strategy of serious film and literature, which requires authorial control. [...] I believe the nature of the medium prevents it from moving beyond craftsmanship to the stature of art.[/quote] So video games could theoretically be art... AS LONG AS THEY DON'T LET THE PLAYER DO ANYTHING! Quick, let's bring back Dragon's Lair button-press fests so the player is entirely at the whim of the omniscient, inviolate author. After all, watching people do stupid shit = art. Making someone do stupid shit = waste of time.[/quote] I remember this Japanese "adventure", GADGET... You didn't have to do anything at all, just clicking once in a while to keep the story advancing. It was the single worst game I've ever played. Oh, yeah... the blurb hailed that game as "art". Someone should send it to Ebert.[/quote]