Has BioWare Devalued the Video Game?

[Jay520]

maverick40 said:

Jay520 said:
I only skimmed through the article (it had a shit ton of filler), but it looks like he's trying to say that video games where you can create your own story are not art because you're not realizing the creator's artistic vision.

1.) When was it universally agreed that video games are art?
2.) The creator of the experience is irrelevant. All that matters is the player gets a powerful experience.

You should probably read the whole article.

1.) It was never universally agreed that games are art, the bioware cofounder Dr. Muzyka’s  believes that games are an art form thus contradicting himself.

2.) What? So in this case in order for a player to get a powerful experience, he/she deserves to get the ending of a game changed??

They don't HAVE to get the game'e ending changed, but if it still evokes a powerful emotion, then it's still art. No one deserves anything but a powerful experience. This isn't necessarily changed with a changed ending.