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That article has the lamest examples of games and none of them to me are art.<br />
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A game would be art in the same mannerism of a movie being art. If one is, then so is the other.<br />
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Games like Ico, Mass Effect, Half Life. These approach art. 
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That article has the lamest examples of games and none of them to me are art.

A game would be art in the same mannerism of a movie being art. If one is, then so is the other.

Games like Ico, Mass Effect, Half Life. These approach art.

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&gt;&nbsp;there are plenty of examples of what some people consider art (splashes of paint on a canvas), but which I would not put in that category<br />
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&gt;Games like Ico, Mass Effect, Half Life. These approach art.<br />
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Okay good, but I'm curious as to what your criteria are.
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> there are plenty of examples of what some people consider art (splashes of paint on a canvas), but which I would not put in that category

>Games like Ico, Mass Effect, Half Life. These approach art.

Okay good, but I'm curious as to what your criteria are.

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Good answers folks, thank you.
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According to <a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html" rel="ugc">Roger Ebert</a>, video games are not art, and never will be.<br />
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I'm curious what your thoughts are on this and the more general question, what is and what isn't art.
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According to Roger Ebert (http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html), video games are not art, and never will be.

I'm curious what your thoughts are on this and the more general question, what is and what isn't art.

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