I don't watch it much, but it's fun to watch sometimes. That's not because it's boring though. I just don't watch much sports in general whether football, basketball, or soccer. With my limited free time I would rather play games. I was watching the gomtv SC2 tournaments but they were just too late in the night to watch regularly. They need some sort of tape delay for international viewers before it will get really popular.

As far as games as art, I think of it like web 1.0 vs web 2.0. In the old days the content on websites was created by one person or a group of people. Visitors to the site had no impact. Contrast this with web 2.0 sites, where the users directly create a lot of the meaningful content on the site. So traditional art you could say is art 1.0 and video games are art 2.0. Pretty much everyone I know finds video games more compelling and interesting than traditional art. It's the future, and the definition of art will just have to change. Of course, just like music and movies there are games made to sell and games made for art, both very different.

Parents should be paying attention to what their kids are doing, including what video games they play. This problem is only because current parents are not staying up to date with technology. When the younger generation (people that have played video games their whole lives) has kids, they will know what's what and how to set appropriate video game limits for their children.

I'm waiting for the free DLC before picking this up. Only 2% have played more than 30 hours. That says something about the longevity of this game. It's not enough content for $50 no matter how "amazing" it may be.

I hope this is the last graphics comparison. There are not enough differences in the newer games to make a buying decision. The real comparisons are Xbox Live vs PlayStation Network and X360 exclusives vs PS3 exclusives.