Someone quoted me to say that gamers say games are art but only go to bat for toys, and if you can only see art in something that tells you it's art so you can understand it as art, go fuck yourself.
𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛
Crazy Taxi is a maximalist game. You drive a giant American muscle car or luxury sedan painted to look like a taxi, the HUD is exploding out the screen at you, the money ticker looks like a slot machine, the drivers are all alt, punk rock, bikers, the dregs of society, the music is loud and angry.