Roger Ebert says video games can never be art

[Khuutra]

I respect Mr. Ebert immensely and would never think to backtalk to him when it comes to film criticism, but the man has admitted on more than one occasion that he doesn't know the first thing about video games and it's not a medium that his critical background can be easily applied to.

All incumbent art critics are like that, though. Always have been.

I'm sure if Rubang were here, he could tell us how long it was before cinema was accepted as an art form by the artistic community at large.

I do, of course, agree with him that people care WAAAAAAAY too much what he and other critics think. If we want to form a legitimate critical discourse, then it's up to us to elevate the discourse.

Strides are being taken, though they're hard to see in places.