Are video games art? Online literature summary

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This document provides brief summaries of what numerous contributors have said regarding whether video games are art: Aaron Smuts, Grant Tavinor, Roger Ebert, Jonathan Jones, Robson and Meskin, and more.

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Video Games as Self-Involving Interactive Fictions.Jon Robson & Aaron Meskin - 2016 - Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 74 (2):165-177.

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