roger ebert: art is not a video game

Old Game Plus

Apr 19, 2010Games & Hobbies

Roger Ebert took out the old saw: video games can never be art. I thought that we were at an uneasy peace: video games, while in general lacking expressive quality, were doing well. Sure, the games industry is poor and c...

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