>Yet allow me to play advocatus diaboli. And allow me to introduce an
>illustrative analogy:
> Can we consider coin-op arcade games to be a medium? I would think that
>since there are many different types [...] that the
>category as a whole could be considered as a medium. [...]
> Of course, the next question is, can coin-op arcade games be literary?
>I think they clearly cannot.
Sure enough. Neither can films or paintings. The issue of whether they
can be "serious art" is an entirely different one, though.
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