By eric<http://blogs.suntimes.com/cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?__mode=red;id=692907>on May 13, 2009 9:51 AM <#comment-692907> here's why video games can (and occasionally are and will continue to) be art: Immersion. You're not watching a character on the screen, you are the character. It can be just another form of storytelling... one that engages the viewer directly. I imagine a day when the opening feature at Cannes is an interactive experience *Ebert: How will that work? Every audience member sees a different image?* *I believe video games will never be great art. Whether I'm right or wrong, video games are not movies. *