John Wayne was a racist, homophobic ass. Why should we care? A lot of  people have been asking that question since comments from ...

I’ve written a lot of bad comic strips in my time, most of them for Escapist, but the worst of them, the absolute ...

A couple of weeks ago Warren Spector asked the question, “Where’s Gaming’s Roger Ebert?” Most people know who Spector is, but if you’re ...

Before we look more closely at the philosophy of art (or “aesthetics”) and games, let’s just briefly consider some of the answers for ...

Gamers are always embroiled in bitter feuds with one another. From the playground to the pregame lobby, we continually divide ourselves into opposing ...

Thank goodness for Roger Ebert. Where would us lesser columnists be without him? Fear not – I am not going to the bang ...

The games industry makes a lot of money, more money than film and music, as is loudly celebrated by the publishing suits. But ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I know a lot of people are probably sick of the whole “games are [not] art” thing we’ve been doing lately. But ...

“Anything can be art. Even a can of Campbell’s soup.” So admitted Roger Ebert, world-famous movie reviewer and notorious videogame detractor, back in ...

Pardon me while I invoke the name of Roger Ebert in a discussion of videogames and art. I know, I know: Ebert and ...