Video games represent more than an evolving form of entertainment. They are also a platform for innovative art.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum believes that games deserve recognition as art, and accordingly are opening an exhibition, ‘The Art of Video Games’, on the 16th March.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17373879
http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/gamefest/