You explain that it takes an awful lot of effort to produce a video game. Moreover, video game development studios hire crews full of people with different talents and skills, each of which is necessary to produce a game. Just as sculptors devote themselves to honing their skill, so too do those involved with the production of video games—be they concept artists, animators, level designers, or practitioners of any number of other disciplines.

“What you’re describing,” Pinehurst says, “is craft, not art. And it takes craft to make tennis shoes, but we don’t keep those in the Art department.”

Decision:

• Say that maybe the Art department should display tennis shoes, or…
• Concede to his point.