Using the "Kojima is an artist!" defense is actually quite funny considering the man said the following:
"Art is the stuff you find in the museum, whether it be a painting or a statue. What I'm doing, what videogame creators are doing, is running the museum - how do we light up things, where do we place things, how do we sell tickets?
"For better or worse, what I do, Hideo Kojima, myself, is run the museum and also create the art that's displayed in the museum."
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"To my knowledge, no one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparisonwith the great dramatists, poets, filmmakers, novelists and composers."
"I don't think they're art either, videogames."
"Art is something that radiates the artist," arguing that "If 100 people walk by and a single person is captivated by whatever that piece radiates, it's art.
"But videogames aren't trying to capture one person. A videogame should make sure that all 100 people that play that game should enjoy the service provided by that videogame. It's something of a service. It's not art. But I guess the way of providing service with that videogame is an artistic style, a form of art."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news240106kojimaart
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