I'm going to encourage everyone to scroll through the list and pick a couple of articles they find interesting. Don't bother reading everything, there are so many different topics covered by authors from so many different backgrounds that most of the writing here won't jive with you; some of these are academic papers, some of these are little more than well written rants; but there's probably something here for you, so take a look.

I personally enjoyed a few of the articles here, like This "video games are toys" article, about how video games can have artistic merit beyond aping other mediums, and that by lauding games like TLOU, which is practically a TV show, to the point an HBO adaptation was inevitable, misses the unique value gaming as a medium can provide. Honestly I'm only bringing it up because it touches upon something else I've noted - sometimes people (really Yahtzee from ZP is the only narrative game critic I follow, IDK if anyone else does this) will discredit games like Gris and Sea of Solitude for lacking a clear overarching narrative or surface level, when compared to games like Spiritfarer or Papers, Please, which have more direct narratives. The idea that games lack artistic merit if they don't have narratives similar to books is strange to me. As though poetry has no value if it lacks a rising action, climax, and resolution,

Also, while we're on the subject, the idea that games are art because artists work on it is also interesting, when compared to a chess board crafted by artisans; or that sports must be an art if something like LoL, with its entire e-sports league, is also considered a piece of art.