I would love to have a discussion with Ebert about many things, but not video games. His comments on the subject mean about as much to me as a dingo's view of Igloo-building.

It seemed out of character for Ebert to make such a suspect and blatantly incendiary claim that games can *never* be art, regardless of whether they are now or not. Glad he finally owned up to it.

Roger Ebert has been one of my role models for a critic and writer. I was very sad when he dismissed games without giving them a fair shake, and I'm very happy to see him admit his mistake. I don't care how he feels about games; I do care about him being fair, as he's always been during his career. Not many people on the Internet admit they are wrong, and I applaud him for doing that.

This just seems a bit hypocritical and disengenouous when Sony has a major ad campaign out right now that uses a spokesman who has at times been used "to bash some small part of what the other company is doing."



Remember those "pew, pew, pew" Kevin Butler ads?



Sounds like Sony can dish it out, but can't take it. Especially when it cuts as deep as Nintendo's 3DS strategy does into Sony's 3D strategy. Nintendo has basically said "why go for 3D which uses glasses right now when tech that is eyeglass free is just on the horizon and OUR tech will be the first to debut it." Sony has a lot of good things going for them right now, but I don't think their all-in approach to the current state of 3D tech is one of them.

PS- I will bet you money that this is not the last we hear of Ebert opining on gaming. I think he is just trying to drive hits to his site at this point. He will flip-flop in a few months just to get the gamers blasting his site with hits once again.

I hope that is not true, though. I really do respect his as well. I was just more than a bit shocked when he talked about gaming without even bothering to try them out. Like he said- he would have never talked about a movie without seeing it first.

I'm hoping that Mr. Ebert posted that response as a true reflection within himself and not as a publicity stunt to quell the masses.

I did respond to his new article, and I apologized for the brash fanboyism he encountered and tried to welcome into the industry, even if he doesn't plan on meddling in it for very long.

I also warned him not to give specifics, should he pick up a controller one day. God forbid someone flames him for trying games on account of him "picking the wrong one."

Alejandro, I find what you did with that rocket slime very agreeable.

@John, thanks for agreeing with me?