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Who’s Asking If Games Are Art Now?

Michael McWhertor December 31, 2008 12:40 PM

The London Review of Books! John Lanchester questions whether the medium is “art” for the literary publication, now three decades old, and comes away conflicted, if positive about the present and future of games.

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