You assert that art imitates nature. To back up your point, you try to recite that quote from Hamlet about how drama holds up a mirror to nature; you butcher the quote, but you more or less get your point across. Video games imitate nature much in the same way that other media do; as such, you contend that video games should be seen as an art form.

“Sure, video games reflect nature,” Pinehurst says, “but so do lab reports in a Biology class. You wouldn’t say those lab reports are art, would you?”

Decision:

• Respond that art and science reflect nature in different ways, or…
• Respond that science is an art.