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LackLuster, on 15 February 2013 - 07:23 AM, said:

You say that like it is a bad thing. It is a topic that people can discuss and share differing opinions on, there isn't really a downside to a good discussion or debate in my experience. In response to the original post, I will say that I agree that video games are art, not always good art, but art. Just like someone drawing is considered art, be it good or bad. However, with this in mind, I do agree that day day 1 DLC and on disk DLC is horrible...unless it is given to the people who bought it new. The used sales argument has been had before so I wont go into it. The same goes for online passes. Oh, and on being judged by the predecessor of the art, while I do see what you mean by that, I still don't think Roger Ebert is a very good judge, given that he hasn't played any games and had no real basis. It is worse then judging a film without seeing it, it is judging all films without having seen any. I do think we have games that most certainly qualify as art in out lifetime. Bioshock, System Shock, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and the Mass Effect series to name a few. In fact, the whole rage over the Mass Effect ending proves the value it has as art. If people hadn't become attached to the series, do you think there would have been such an uproar? The rage at the ending proves that we truly care about the worlds we enter, and that when done well, they can touch us and make us think about ourselves and our actions, as well as how we effect the world around us. This is proof that games are art in my opinion.