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Video Games are the new art form

I'd like to thank my opponent in advance for taking this argument. Video Games are Art There's no solid definition for what an art is, but it mostly agreed that an art is a piece or work that people find enjoyable or appealing and that can give a deeper have a deeper insight into many different subjects. Art should also be able to be interpreted differently by every person. I assert that video games do just that. Video Games Look/Sound Great Well this part is a no brainier. No one can deny that video games can be ascetically pleasing, with better and better looking games coming out every year with varying art styles. There's everything from ultra-realism to abstract art style in games today, both managing to impress players. The music in video games has never been better, with full symphonies recording soundtracks for games; if you haven't listen to some video game soundtracks I highly recommend it. With great graphics and soundtrack, video games can take someone's breath away and stare in wonder. Video Games can Give Deep Insight Through the game play, story, and atmosphere, a game can give insights into deeper subjects. A prime example is the Mass Effect series, which makes the player make a plethora of moral choices throughout the game; I just want to focus on one. In this game there is a robotic alien race called the Geth, half of who want to kill you and half of who think your their savior. In one of the missions you are given the choice to either completely wipe out the Geth who are opposed to you or reprogram them so that they no longer hate you. This choice makes the player really think about this issue, put themselves in the place of the Geth. How would I like it if someone could just reprogram me, change how I fundamentally think, without me ever knowing. Would I rather die as the man I am, or become a completely different person but stay alive. These are the questions the player has to ask himself as he tries to decide the Geth's fate. I found out that I want to go down fighting, as I am. No one can deny the depth that this problem puts into the game. And this isn't the sole example of a video games exploring deep subjects; games like Bioshock and Persona 4 also explore deep subjects, like along with many others games. Video Games Can be Interpreted Differently Some people doubt that video games can mean more than one thing, that the same game can be seen differently by two people. There are a great numbers of games that show just that; games like Portal and Half-Life that hint at a deeper plot that is left up to the player to interpret, or games like Deus Ex which leaves it up to the player to decide if they're fighting on the right side. Video games have been able to caused debates for decades, there's no doubt that video games can be interpreted differently by people. Thanks for reading my argument and I look foward to your response.