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Radiant Silvergun and an Argument for Games as Art That Ebert Appreciates

Blake William — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:30:00 EDT

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While famed film critic Roger Ebert says he still hasn't changed his mind about video games, and his view that they can't be art, he recently pointed his nearly 400,000-strong Twitter followomg to what he called a "well-written defense of video games" by musician Blake Williams. Here is the article, with permission, in its entirety. More »

Roger Ebert's Past Game Addiction Made Him Sad

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:00:00 EST

This year, famed film critic Roger Ebert said games could never be art — a mistake he later admitted. While Ebert might not be a fan of games, that doesn't mean he didn't used to play them obsessively . More »

Author On Roger Ebert's Remarks: Insane

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EDT

This past April, film critic Roger Ebert wrote a post called "Video games can never be art" that carried dogmatic statements like this: More »

Hey Ebert, Play This Game

Brian Crecente — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Roger Ebert did a brave thing today, a terrible thing today: He admitted that he was wrong and said he has no plans on rectifying that. More »

Roger Ebert Admits His Mistake

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:00:00 EDT

"I was a fool for mentioning video games in the first place," writes the famed movie critic. "I would never express an opinion on a movie I hadn't seen." More »

Pro Wrestler Enters Ebert Art Debate, Armed With Red Dead, Uncharted

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Did you know Samoa Joe is an excellent pro wrestler? He is. But if that doesn't win you over, perhaps his recent Tweets about video games will. Spoiler: He doesn't side with Roger Ebert in the games-as-art debate. More »

Roger Ebert Uses His Powers For Good

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:00:00 EDT

Film critic Roger Ebert sometimes uses his powers for evil. But this time he is not. More »

My Response To Roger Ebert, Video Game Skeptic

Kellee Santiago — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:00:00 EDT

Kellee Santiago, the game developer whose recent talk about games and art was critiqued by Roger Ebert, is ready to move on. But first, she has an argument to defend and an offer to make. More »

An Open Letter To Roger Ebert

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:00:00 EDT

Dear Mr. Ebert, More »

Roger Ebert Asks a Good Question

Owen Good — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EDT

The Chicago Sun-Times film critic has finally revisited his old contention that games can never be art, to defend it "in principle," and to dispute about that which cannot be disputed. More »

Ebert - Games Still Not As Good As Knitting

Mike Fahey — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:20:00 EST

Respected film critic Roger Ebert may still be on the wrong side of the games-as-art debate, but he's slowly coming around, conceding that games are getting better, though he'd rather be knitting. More »

Ebert's Hitman Review (Verdict: It's Decent, All Games Still Suck)

Mark Wilson — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:30:15 EST

For those who haven't heard, Hitman actually got some decent reviews. OK, maybe not some. Maybe just notably one, from Roger Ebert. In the midst of screening films lusting after precious Academy Awards in full heat, he bestowed upon the movie 3 stars.

What I found intriguing about the movie was the lonely self-sufficiency of Agent 47, his life without a boyhood, his lack of a proper name, his single-purpose training. When Nika comes into his life, he is trained to guard against her, but he cannot, because she is helpless, needy...To the degree the movie explores their relationship, it is absorbing.

But to the degree that it doesn't? More »

Hitman A Miss With Movie Critics

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:20:04 EST

The Xavier Gens-directed film adaptation of the Hitman series opens nationwide today in the U.S. and it's already being assassinated by film critics. The movie sees series star Agent 47—played by Timothy Olyphant—as an orphan raised by a secret organization to shoot at things. Things are shot at and there is conflict. And boobs, apparently. Variety calls it a "Eurotrashy... knockoff that misses its target by a mile" but the New York Times writes "there's no story to speak of, no decent acting, no wit, no point" Hmmm. Who to trust?! More »

Gaming Will Get Its "War and Peace"

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:40:22 EDT

I like Clive Barker. He's sharp. Like when film critic Roger Ebert turned up his nose at video games, the multi-talented Barker jumped right in and stood up for the art form. While others disparage the medium, Barker is upbeat, saying: More »

Art brings joy - but a joystick? (Yes, that too.)

Mark Wilson — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:00:21 EDT

In Roger Ebert's recent column Art brings joy — but a joystick?, he responds to Clive Barker's Internet-famous remarks from Hollywood and Games Summit, in which Barker chastised Ebert for his short-sightedness regarding the artistic merit of videogames. More »

Roger Ebert Strikes Back

fdemarco — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Outspoken movie critic and author Roger Ebert came under fire from the gaming community a while back with his statement that he does not consider video games to be art. Since then the topic has been hotly debated and written about on just about any game related publication and website you can think of. More »

Clive Barker Smack Talks Roger Ebert's Smack Talk

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:00:59 EDT

Back in 2005, film critic and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls screenwriter Roger Ebert stated why games were inferior to books and movies. His rational? Games force people to make choices. Making choices is bad, apparently. Novelist Clive Barker took the critic to task at Hollywood & Games Summit today in Los Angeles today. Years late, but hey, we'll take it Clive! Here's what Barker had to say: More »

Movie Producers Honor Will Wright

Brian Crecente — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:23:36 EST

Take that Ebert! More »

An Epic Debate: Are Video Games Art

Brian Crecente — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:43:43 EDT

After getting back from Boulder, Colorado, Jim Emerson wrote up quite a lengthy explanation of how he researched and formed his opinions for his debate with Roger Ebert about the whole "are video games art" question. More »

Ebert Debates Games as Art

Brian Crecente — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:00:17 EDT

I missed one heck of a debate yesterday at University of Colorado at Boulder. Apparently Roger Ebert came for the 58th Annual Conference on World Affairs. One of his panels was titled: An Epic Debate: Are Video Games an Art Form? More »