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I kind of don't think being elitist is a major issue. It's annoying to some, but to other "elitist and pretentious" may appear as "experienced, informed, and thoughtful." I suppose it depends on where your seat is in the stadium."
Playing devil's advocate is a healthy exercise, but I don't think he came near achieving that effect. A good devil's advocate is able to question his own beliefs, provide shades of grey, and push forward the debate in a constructive way. "
For example, and I don't know if this is the case, but if one were to only play Call of Duty, Gears of War, God of War, etc etc, I could see them making a case that video games are not art, in such a way that a reader who is only familiar with Harlequin romance novels could not imagine the novel being an artistic medium.
I play these games, and they are totally 100% worth while, but I wouldn't get myself into any sort games as art debate citing them as examples. Not that he did, mind you, but I get the sense that this is where he is coming from. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgentaler
He was one of our earliest abortion advocates, and he ended up as a member of the Order of Canada and a TV Movie called Choice. Pretty neat stuff."
That said, were I an editor at VentureBeat, I would have politely returned the article to the author and stated "this is poorly argued, and you should develop this article a good bit more before publication.&quo"
Games as art is kind of like the abortion debate in Canada. No matter how long ago we figured it all out (yep, abortions are totally legal and okay), people refuse to let the debate die. Until recently, that is, when a conservative back-bencher in parliament tried to open up the debate *again*. Fortunately, our prime minister (and the conservative party leader) and the conservation party whip (an offical role within Canadian politics), immediately dismissed the idea, to their credit.
Eventually, I suspect, we'll get to that point in video games."
*kermit arm flail*"