Games (and books, films, music) exist in an interesting middle ground between commercial enterprise and pure art. Although I suppose most art these days has to

Games (and books, films, music) exist in an interesting middle ground between commercial enterprise and pure art. Although I suppose most art these days has to sustain a business in some form. It wasn't always like this: art used to be sustained by rich benefactors sponsoring artists. In a way it's good that art has been somewhat democratised through capitalism, and on the other hand the stress of having to turn your art into a product must destroy quite a chunk of the creative freedom and drive. Would be interested to hear what some artists (not hobbyists who have other jobs to sustain them) would like to see happen with art in the future and its relationship to society and capitalism.