Roger Ebert says video games can never be art

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Grahamhsu said:

Gnac said:
Any medium that expects your constant attention before showing you more of itself is not art; it's a woman.

this!

There is art involved with games; graphics, story, etc. But at the sum of it all a game is still just a game.

I disagree. If you change the gameplay mechanics, you change the experience.

Take Silent Hill: Shattered Memories as an example. The game designers wanted to create a sense of fear and helplessness in the player, so instead of empowering the player with weapons and making it a fight for survival, they provide the player with escape routes and make enemy encounters a flight for survival.

You change the rules, and you change the emotional content of the game. The rules of interaction are what differentiate games from other media, and they are a tool of expression and subject to different interpretations just like music or imagery.