Which ironically in itself is the true art of videogames.

i know this is a wikipedia definition but i agree with it, "Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions."

now i agree that not every video game is art but a video game certainly could be art. that's really the same with every media though whether it be film, drawing, sculpture, writing, ect.

...and how in the hell is art and entertainment mutually exclusive? I am entertained by Shakespeare...so is he no longer an artist?

Whether they are art or not I dunno, but I do not think of them as art. I think of them as something I really enjoy playing and perhaps a bit to much.

That's his opinion, and i will disagree it

I have played a fair few videogames that i would call "a work of art".

He's right. Video games are not art. This is why Nintendo admitted that Peach wasn't a playable character in NSMB Wii because they weren't even able to animate her dress properly. What kind of artists are those?

I have a cousin named Art.

Everything created with intention is art, thats how it works.

This is the man who convinced me that video games ARE art. He will never change my mind.

I think this should be hanging in a museum:

Also, if you guys think Super Mario Bros. isn't art, that just means you haven't seen me play it.

"I have never said that video games (are) an art." is denying he said the affirmative, not denying that games are art.