Hehe well I guess your reaction is ironic... and if I re-read my post I see that I probably should have made myself more clear. I was just pointing out that it's easy to say that computergames as a whole or adventuregames as a genre can easily be called art, but that I want to take a deeper look and discuss how far the genre could evolve, can it take the measures of real masterpieces, true art?
I think games are definitly and almost entertainment, though some bad games could bore you to death. But still they're always entertainment. And I'd like to quote my favorite comedian Bill Hicks on this:
"Entertainment is suspension of time and space
so that you realize your true nature
which is spaceless and timeless"
Art is probably always entertainment too, I think it's just a higher form of entertainment, which really touches you much more than common entertainment does. Art can expand the way you think about things, the way you live, the way you act... it motivates you to change, revolt... and seeing/hearing/feeling/playing it can be an experience way more intense than almost everything else in life.
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