Like everything else, video games follow Sturgeon's Law. Not only does Ebert's quote only consider big-budget mainstream games, but it also lacks perspective, c

Like everything else, video games follow Sturgeon's Law. Not only does Ebert's quote only consider big-budget mainstream games, but it also lacks perspective, considering the relative youth of the video game compared to other media. Anyway, the rest of the article far from endorses him. One example of a soulful postmodern video game is Earthbound, complete with its own "auteur." Here's a very long (and chock full of spoilers) discussion of it: http://www.largeprimenumbers.com/article.php?sid=mother2 http://www.largeprimenumbers.com/article.php?sid=mother2