Why Video Games Are Works Of Art By Kyle Chayka

In the article by Kyle Chayka titled, “Why Video Games Are Works of Art” he defends the rights of game lovers across the world against the famed movie critic, Roger Ebert. As Roger Ebert makes claims against video games about how they can never be art, he has one major flaw in his argument. He has never actually played video games himself. The reason being that no video game has been worthy of his “attention long enough to play it.” Therefore, for this reason alone his argument is biased and flawed since he is speaking out of opinion without actual research to prove his point. As an avid game enthusiast myself, I see video games as another dimension of worlds we can escape to in the comfort of our own home. As Kyle Chayka strongly notes in his
Furthermore, as for the power of video games, it gives people the opportunity to explore the depths of space while trying to oust maneuver the clutches of Boba Fett and his power Slave I ship as he tries to stop you from escaping. Moreover, video games give the user the realistic feel of an unknown planet and the world as they try to protect it from evil. Protect it so much, it is almost as if it was their own. Another claim that Robert Ebert makes about art is that it “grows better the more it improves or alters nature through a passage through what we might call the artist’s soul, or vision.” A great counter argument that Kyle Chayka brings up in his article in response to Ebert’s comment is how video games are more than the user just trying to win. Video games are, “visual and music and poetry all wrapped up into a single package.” To add more claim to his point Kyle Chayka, defends video games and their ability to have an emotional response to its audience may it be love, anger, joy, wonder or frustration. To uphold my manhood, I am not going to admit to such feelings I have experienced while playing video