/vr/ - Retro Games

I have a better question. Why are gamers so desperate for their medium to be considered art that they completely destroyed, undermined and changed the very thing they say they love all in a vain attempt to appeal to the people who aren't going to accept it anyways. Do you think being "ART" will some how make your hobby more valid and thus you feel less shame in enjoying it? Trying to turn video games into art has only made them turn into mediocre, at best, movies which even fail as films. Instead of asking "Can video games be art?" ask "Why do they have to be?" Because art by itself only has the value we say it does.