With the
death of legendary film critic and video game adversary Roger Ebert, questions
surrounding video games artistic validity have been popping up more and
more. What’s interesting about this is
when you observe the historical lineage of both film and video games there are pretty
astonishing resemblances.
This article
will briefly observe the timeline of both film and video gaming, highlighting
the important similarities they shared when evolving into what we know them as
today.