It also makes the NEA look like a joke, severely in need of a budget cut. At a time when cutting budgets is (or at least should be) the number one priority of c

It also makes the NEA look like a joke, severely in need of a budget cut. At a time when cutting budgets is (or at least should be) the number one priority of congress, sticking your head up to say "Hey, who wants some money to make video games?" is a really bad idea. It's interesting that the only areas of art in which really good stuff is stil produced are the areas of art in which things are done for profit, rather than as part of some scramble for government funding. The United States of America has produced many, many great artists and artworks over the past century, particularly in areas such as film, music and indeed (to a lesser yet increasing extent) video games. But as far as I know, no great work of art has ever been produced by NEA funding. Heck, I doubt that a work of art as compelling as Blazing Saddles has ever been produced by NEA funding.