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How Games Are Art

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Indie game designer and Kotaku reader Mitchell wrote up a nice piece over on his site refuting Ebert's chuckle-head comments about how video games can't be art.

The article is well-written and includes several excellent examples, but what it boils down to is that video games can be art, but it's a lot harder to do.

The Age Old Question Are Video Games Art? [Soo-Mahn]


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