Yeah, this is why I said earlier, they are entertainment media first and foremost. Also why I qualify *some* games can be art, but categorically, as a rule, games are not art.
>And the main definition of cinema as an artform is that it is a combination of all artforms (music, photography, theatre, writing, painting) that come before it
Ok, we'll go with that
>On that level, video games are not art because they add no new art form to the cinematic
Why is adding something new now a criteria though? Movies add nothing new to the forms previous. Why is that a requirement for games but not movies?
>in fact gameplay and its interactivity is outright anti-art because of how against creator intent it is
This is such a heavy assumption. I think in some cases it's probably not wrong, but to assert it as a categorical truth?