Are Video Games Art? Roger Ebert Opens The Debate- Again

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I happened across a similarly titled article at SciFi Wire this morning, which offered a counterpoint in that Sir Ben Kingsley seems to be of the opinion that video games are art. Check out that article here. Unfamiliar with the idea that Roger Ebert had expressed the opinion that video games aren't art, I followed the link to his blog post on the subject. In a post titled Video games can never be … [Read more...]

Defending Transformers From Roger Ebert… Again… Sort Of

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Roger Ebert put out a blog post on July 5th titled I'm a Proud Brainiac in response to response to his review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and it's been making the rounds at movie sites everywhere.  Before I start responding to that response, I want to list several links and get a few things out of the way. Roger Ebert's I'm a Proud Brainiac article Roger Ebert's Transformers: … [Read more...]

Best Movies Ever… For Me… Roger Ebert Reactions Included

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This list is a few years old, and many of these films have already been referenced here, but I've had requests to put up lots of lists.  Who am I to argue?  It should be noted, that this list would be a bit different if I were attempting something similar today... but not much.  The frequently mentioned list of 200 will be put up some time in the nearish future.  I'm not really updating this … [Read more...]