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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

1/26/2026, 8:40:07 AM

Public

Video Games as Art

Link: https://gwern.net/video-game-art
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46760998

Video game criticism is like a finger pointing to the moon at dusk: it can but gesture in the direction of the reality, and like the Owl of Athena, only when it is too late.

Video Games as Art

Video games are art, but a strange art: their essence is transformation of the player, not description to the player. This makes meaningful criticism nearly impossible—you can point at the moon, but it’s not the moon, and once someone sees it, they no longer need the pointing.

gwern.net

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