Video Games are not an Artform

The Apotheosis of Porn

Video games are a sophisticated form of pornography. They are not, despite many protestations to the contrary, art. To understand this unfashionable claim we need to first understand what art is, which is impossible to do literally. In fact art, great art, is the answer to what art is—what beauty is, truth, goodness and so on—but it’s not a literal answ…