Blow-Back From Ebert's Latest Games Assertion

Last week's new diatribe from Roger Ebert on the merits of games had some people up in arms. Commentary ranged from the respectful at Ars Technica, to the dismissive statements at GameCritics. N'Gai Croal, of Newsweek's LevelUp, has a lengthy and thoughtful look at the issue from both sides. From his comments: "It's the right of someone with the maturity of an honest and articulate four-year-old to forget the history of his own favored art form and close his mind to the potential of another. In the meantime, those of us who care about the possibilities inherent in this medium will have to rely upon ourselves and one another to keep doing the heavy lifting necessary to suss out where the art of videogames lies; to determine how the craft can enhance that art; and to continue the fight to push this young medium from squalling infancy into graceful adulthood. Let's get cracking."

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Re:Why care?

[spun]

Why should we (gamers and game creators) care what Roger Ebert says? Because he killed and ate Siskel and he'll do the same to you, byatch.

Re:Why care?

[Neo_piper]

Yes, but we're talking about video games. Isn't he a movie critic?
And Rush Limbaugh is a college dropout who has worked his way up in the radio industry from Disk Jocky to where he is now.
That surely doesn't qualify him to comment on immigration or international trade but he does and people seem to listen to him... go figure.
I hear it has something to do with Charisma, I wouldn't know since I spent all my points in Wisdom and Constitution.