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December 04, 2012 Columns » Art Fag City

Are Video Games Art?

by Will Brand

Senior Curator Paola Antonelli announced last Thursday that MoMA would add 14 video games, ranging from Pacman to Portal, to the museum’s design collection. The reaction online was predictable: this is a good thing; video games are definitely art now; yo, Homeworld…

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