Time for some on-the-pot musings. Are games art? I would say in general yes, as it is an effort to make something creative for people to enjoy, just like movies and music. Everything has some kind of artistic value, I guess, if you view it from that perspective but it’s the level here that I find important, and a few other distinctions. Did the artist suffer for his creation, is it a product out of greed, etc? You also have the cultural impact to consider, which also affects the status of something that is determined to be in fact “art”. All this in the end is of course subjective, however, this is my take on it.