Video games are somewhere between the pure entertainment and higher aspirations, kinda like movies.
Cinema is often referred to as the 7th art, and yet Fast and Furious exists.
Therefore, even if games like Counter Strike couldn't obviously (in my opinion) not be considered as art, the all genre could.
Myself, I see many AGs as being pieces of art. Riven, Myst 4, Obsidian, The Neverhood, The Last Express, Grim Fandango, Syberia and many others obviously have higher aspirations than "mere" entertainment (or fun, if you will).
In fact, I might go so far as saying that that's how I would define art: when the intention is to do something more.
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