We never came to a consensus, but I also hate seeing people dismiss crappy games as all games.
If you start the debate you need a hard definition for art and Ebert didn't do that. He was wishy-washy. He also dismissed crappy games meaning if there's a crappy game out there, it's not art.
Cave Paintings are still art. Crappy games are still games.
And comparing $40 million productions of games to a goddamn CHESSBOARD is a broken analogy on SO many levels.
If he's going to take it seriously, he needs to actually set up rules about what is art. BAD ART IS STILL ART.