Roger Ebert says video games can never be art

[_mevildan]

I love Ebert, so I think he needs to stick to what he knows about.

I mean, he is saying that it's not a game if you can't win? Can't he accept that the definition of a video game isn't set in stone and that the kind of experiences offered by games has moved beyond Pong. And... if say, something like Silent Hill isn't a game (you can't win, get points etc), then what is it? He say's it's a kind of representation of a story etc. Then does it then count as art?

And by his own definition, Metal Gear Solid isn't art but Freddy Got Fingered is.

Not art?:
ICO
Shadow of the Colossus
Gran Turismo
Alan Wake
Uncharted 1/2
Mass Effect

Art:
Troll 2
Hard Rock Zombies
Weasels rip my flesh
Rattlers
Santa Clause Conquers the Martians
Puma Man

Also, in terms of "art". Resident Evil = Arkanoid, since they they both score a zero. :)

Peh. Ebert, YOU IS WRONGZZZ