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The Epic Ebert Videogame Debate

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the break-out-the-angry-words dept.

Via Kotaku, a column at Ebert.com going into some depth on the are-games-actually-art debate. Ebert engaged in a public debate on the subject at last week's Conference on World Affairs. From the article: "Going in to the videogame panel, I'd been hoping the audience (mostly students) would be fired up about the subject and challenge the panelists, but they were unfortunately pretty passive. Maybe they were intimidated by the rather formal (for Boulder) theater setting, I don't know. Ebert began by explaining why he felt a game (particularly the shoot-shoot, point-scoring kind) was not an experience equivalent to that of reading a great novel like, say, 'The Great Gatsby,' because games don't delve very deeply into what it means to be human."

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  1. Re:Agree with Ebert... almost. by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try the "classics" ..

    Ico
    Loom
    Monkey Island
    Ultima 7
    Tetris
    Star Control II
    Grim Fandango
    System Shock

  2. A list of games that are art by cgenman · · Score: 2, Informative

    Gravity Head, and the rest of the Experimental Gameplay Project
    Dada: Stagnation in Blue
    Cloud
    Katamari Damacy
    Facade
    Flow
    Orisinal

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    The ______ Agenda