Workshop for Heroes Must Die
The late, great Roger Ebert wrote a definitively-titled think piece, Games Can Never be Art, six years ago and it’s stuck with me since. Ebert argues that there are no examples in the medium yet worthy of artistic merit, but also that games in principle cannot ever be art because of the way you interact with them. Since then, Ebert went on to write with love and dignity, inspiring others to go out of this world with joy, and I penned some shows where dancing pirates’ swordfight a lot. But I never stopped thinking about this.
