Extra Punctuation: Videogames as Art

Extra Punctuation: Videogames as Art

Tempist|16 years ago|Culture

As someone who adamantly prefers to call themselves a "game critic" rather than a "game reviewer," I’ve been asked by several parties to make some counter-comment to film critic Roger Ebert’s recent post. Presumably they were all hoping for some expletive-laden takedown of all Ebert’s arguments broken up by comparisons between the man and various historical dictators and farm animals. But the thing is, I like Ebert. I think he’s an intelligent guy and well worth listening to, especially when he’s got a particularly terrible film in his sights. In my more egotistical moments, I might one day aspire to being his videogaming equivalent.

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