@sandorasbox: The problem is, if you discount all things where the audience is capable of disrupting the narrative, all interactive artwork is effectively rendered as something which isn't art, and all non-interactive artwork can also potentially be disqualified as well.

@Jay Phelps: It's much easier to TALK about shooting a person than it is to actually do it. Your brother in law might believe he could totally have shot that guy, but in reality, could he have? The target is a person, not a target, and most people are going to be understandably uncomfortable shooting a living,…

@sandorasbox: But a game is planned for interaction from the start as well, and a game that is Art would account for that. Which is why the premise that games can never be Art is flawed from the outset.

@sandorasbox: Of course, that completely disregards interactive artwork in more traditional forms.

Let it go. Yes, Ebert's wrong, he doesn't know what he's talking about, and has no desire to know what he's talking about. But, he's since admitted that and we can let him focus on the things he actually knows about - films, and he does know a lot about films. Let's never discuss games and Roger Ebert at the same…

@Mihos: Since most iPod Touch games amount to "something to do while you're pooping" that statement can take on a very perverse meaning.

@badasscat: That's a lot of text trying to explain a theory that's built on a mountain of bullshit.

@James Wood: How many people do you know who would want to create playlists on such a tiny touch screen?

@CaptainJack: I think the new Nano takes that crown, to be honest, but I like that they learned from their mistakes with this one. Way better in every way.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

The Ford Aspire. They decompose right in front of your eyes. It's kind of neat from a scientific perspective but not very neat if you have to own one. Luckily I don't!

@NiceNurseRatched: I have this perverse appreciation for the Skylark, even though it's badly made, funny looking, and one of its platform mates (a Grand Am) tried to kill me when its headlights stopped working for no reason after dark in the middle of a busy but unlit hightway.

@underwear-ninja: Yet somehow more likely to burst into flames overall.

I miss the era of constipated men at the bottom of the screen.

@johnny3000: Wood biodegrades but you still see really old houses made from the stuff.

The shuffle is a usability disaster, especially since discarding on-device buttons. If you want a small player for jogging, you can do better. Sansa Clip, for example. It's tiny, it's got good ergonomics, it's astonishingly durable - mine was outside in the rain for two weeks, still works like a charm - you don't have…

When I see this big sparse thing I can't help my appreciate my 100 year old house with its preposterously thick moldings and heavy charm.

@Dirt Pirate: In 10.2 years? They'll be 17 already, that's almost legal.

@Dirt Pirate: Nah, those companies are way too old for that.

Like a girl on myspace, from certain angles it's almost attractive, but you know that in person it's going to be a disaster - especially once you look at the amusing proportions in the side view.