"I may be wrong. but if 'm not willing to play a video game to find that out, I should say so."
"It is quite possible a game could someday be great Art."
I can't fathom how one could come away from that article thinking that Ebert believes it is impossible that he is wrong. He still believes that games aren't Art according to some definition he admittedly can't articulate, but he also repeatedly admits that he isn't capable of proving that belief.
I agree the grisly screenshots are pretty underhanded (it would be equally easy to show repulsive frames from movies), and constantly mentioning that he refuses to play games sort of makes it sound like he would be able to prove games aren't art if only he were willing to lower himself to actually playing them.
Overall I thought this post demonstrated more respect for the other side of a debate than I see in the vast majority of posts that make the front page of hn.
"It is quite possible a game could someday be great Art."
I can't fathom how one could come away from that article thinking that Ebert believes it is impossible that he is wrong. He still believes that games aren't Art according to some definition he admittedly can't articulate, but he also repeatedly admits that he isn't capable of proving that belief.
I agree the grisly screenshots are pretty underhanded (it would be equally easy to show repulsive frames from movies), and constantly mentioning that he refuses to play games sort of makes it sound like he would be able to prove games aren't art if only he were willing to lower himself to actually playing them.
Overall I thought this post demonstrated more respect for the other side of a debate than I see in the vast majority of posts that make the front page of hn.