as an avid movie fan and gamer, it's in my opinion that even games like grand theft auto can be considered art. What you have is an entire reconstructed city. What is focused on in the game and the characterization created are nothing short of immense attention to detail. Once you get past the fact that these games are only mass marketed to make money so that publishers can than make new games you realize that that's how every industry operates.

I'm in the US Army Reserve and have been arrested twice for B&E charges before i joined. It's true, people with 'unique' backgrounds make for better leaders and soldiers in the long run. I personally wouldn't want to be led by someone afraid to deviate from the bureaucracy that is our modern military. It's called trust, something you don't get from politicians.