Popular culture for the high class

While reading Storey's article, "What is Pop Culture," I found some of the points he made extremely relevant to the society functions. His understanding and explanation of how different classes choose to represent themselves culturally I found to be very accurate. He constantly discusses the idea that in high culture, popular culture is thought of as inferior and simple. This is something that I have often thought of as ignorant and incorrect. It is true that there is a fine line between high culture and popular culture but to discredit one is wrong. The examples he gives of popular culture eventually becoming considered high culture such as film noir, Shakespeare and Charles Dickens are good examples because they have already transcended popular culture and become high culture. Something that I think is hard to see and grasp is that certain things that are now considered popular culture will soon be considered high culture. An example that comes to mind for me is video games. When it comes to video games, they are often thought of as popular culture and it is constantly debated whether or not they should be considered art. I personally think there are certain video games that have come out within the last few years that will be looked back as works of art. The Last of Us is a video game made about a post apocalyptic world where zombies have taken over. It is not played like a conventional video game, rather it is played like a video game interlaced with a movie. Though this game has been highly reviewed and rated, because of it's popularity it is not considered to be high culture. I believe that in years to come, people will look back on this game and give it the cultural appreciation it deserves. This is not the first game to have done this, another example is Hideo Kojimas Metal Gear Solid, which is similarly played like a video game interlaced with a movie, creating a unique playing experience no other game can offer. Metal Gear Solid has actually been out long enough that it is one of the few very popular video games that is slowly being considered to be a work of art and being appreciated by "higher culture". I think for high culture to be a more legitimate thing, people need to understand that there isn't a strict line dividing popular and high culture, in fact the line is very blurred and there are many things that very easily can fall into both categories.