Video Games

1. 58

   renegadeoffunkposted 16 years ago

   Do you think video games constitute a form of art?
   
   I think so. What do you think?

   replyreport
2. 61

   tbartleposted 16 years ago

   They sure are art.  Just think of the elements of video games:
   
   Is music art? 
   Are painted backgrounds art?
   Are unique fictional characters art?
   Is fictional dialog art?
   
   I think the answer to all of this is yes.  Then again, it depends on each person.  It's like asking if comic books are art, or if rap is art.  Yes, it is all art.  Just new forms of it.

   replyreport
   1. 57

      Griffoposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      Ah yes, but is art even art?
      
      

      replyreport
3. 79

   jaymzposted 16 years ago

   Definately an art!
   I mean there are very few fields to with graphics, music, characters, and a real story line are present. I usually takes a pretty big team to pull off a really good game.

   replyreport
4. 58

   renegadeoffunkposted 16 years ago

   Ah yes, but is art even art?
   
   Oh noes! My brain juices!

   replyreport
5. 60

   Talemposted 16 years ago

   Definitely.  I believe they constitute art from MANY artists, collectively in a packaged functioning game.
   
   Programmers are artists, and so are character/landscape drawers.  There are so many artists collaborating in a game.

   replyreport
6. 61

   Originplusposted 16 years ago

   Yes Its definately Art. More so in todays gaming generation. The developers give these characters of these games a storyline, a history. And as the person playing these games we become the character. Giving the gaming experience much more element.

   replyreport
7. 60

   Kisu Shite Mo I?posted 16 years ago

   I'm a HUGE fan of video games my friend, and yes, it verry much is an art.
   
   Haha even sanwiches are art now! (So says Subway) Haha losers.. ;]

   replyreport
8. 60

   rosenposted 16 years ago

   Video games certainly are a form of art. All the elements of design and creativity needed says it all. Just that occasionally the gamer is so engrossed in the game that they don't see the game in that way.

   replyreport
9. 58

   renegadeoffunkposted 16 years ago

   Well I have heard some argue that video games are better classified as toys or just recreational consumer electronics. The fact that they are used mostly for fun, while ''real'' art is in a museum or on a stage (presumably being watched by very serious faced people).
   
   Of course it all depends on how we define the word art. It is one of the most complex and essential abstractions among all human activity. For me, art is defined by being expressive. Art SAYS something, unlike, say, a rock or car or most other things.
   
   It's a broad definition, to be sure; you could easily argue that rocks and cars are artistic and expressive in their own way. Nevertheless, I don't think you could easily argue that videogames are NOT art.

   replyreport
10. 50

    makulitposted 15 years ago

    what is your true name?

    replyreport
11. 0

    Zarm Nefilinposted 15 years ago

    I think videogames/computer games are a natural evolution from Movies and there will come a day when graphics technology gets to such a point that watching a movie will be considered by a substantial portion of the population in developed worlds to be an inferior media experience.

    replyreport
12. 59

    Project Mobiusposted 15 years ago

    the graphics you see in video games = art

    replyreport
13. 49

    Donna18posted 15 years ago

    yea video games are built totally on imagination skills and where imagination is used it an art. That's what i think at least........................

    replyreport
14. 82

    WHoArtNowposted 15 years ago

    Yeah video games are artistic, especially the concept images, some of them are unreal! Especially the fantasy and sci fi stuff

    replyreport
15. 61

    TravelMonkeyposted 15 years ago

    100% art, I am pleasantly shocked at some games I play on

    replyreport