Every time something like this comes up, I think about "games" like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passage_%28video_game%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Every time something like this comes up, I think about "games" like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passage_%28video_game%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passage_%28video_game%29 I think that the argument is stronger that it's not a "video game" than that it isn't "sublime art". And if having a goal is considered to be an essential element of gamehood, and being without a goal is an essential element of arthood, then fine, games can't be art. But I think there can be art-like games (maybe like Braid), as well as game-like art (maybe like Passage).