"Art" is not synonymous with "good". Literature is an art form regardless of the merit of an individual book.
I think with video games, an important distinction needs to be made. Counter-strike is not art any more than soccer is art. In other words, any game played competitively as a sport should not be considered art. Any game with any sort of narrative structure should be considered art.
Obviously there are exceptions and fuzzy areas (a cooperative game, for example), but I think the general rule holds.
You're referring to a verse in the Book of Revelation. However, the Bible is a collection of smaller books and epistles written at different times and places by different people. They were combined into one book many years after they were written. So, the "Anybody changes this will not be going to Heaven" part only applies to the Book of Revelation, not to the Bible as a whole.
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"Art" is not synonymous with "good". Literature is an art form regardless of the merit of an individual book. I think with video games, an important distinction needs to be made. Counter-strike is not art any more than soccer is art. In other words, any game played competitively as a sport should not be considered art. Any game with any sort of narrative structure should be considered art. Obviously there are exceptions and fuzzy areas (a cooperative game, for example), but I think the general rule holds.
You're referring to a verse in the Book of Revelation. However, the Bible is a collection of smaller books and epistles written at different times and places by different people. They were combined into one book many years after they were written. So, the "Anybody changes this will not be going to Heaven" part only applies to the Book of Revelation, not to the Bible as a whole.