Stunning visuals, Epic stories, and dazzling musical scores. If these are all art forms, than why shouldn't games be art?
2006-07-20 00:50:44 · 4 answers · asked by troutpotato 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Only in so far as they're not mere entertainment. This also goes for visuals, stories and musical scores. I only consider a video game as a whole to be art when it raises me to a higher level of mortality. Such games are rare: Metal Gear Solid, for example. Or Wipeout Fusion (a shamanistic game, that). Or Shadow of the Colossus. Or Metroid Prime. These games are more than just fun - they're experiences. They actually contribute to the enhancement of your life. In fact, any game in which you can be submerged, which transports you, which is a trip, does that. Confusius once said that it's better to travel one mile than to read a thousand books. Only in so far as a book is a world in which you can travel is it a life-enhancing book. The same goes for video games.
2006-07-20 01:27:58 · answer #1 · answered by sauwelios@yahoo.com 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Well, yes, perhaps in THAT view, videogames could be art, but art tinged with even just a bit of Science is contaminated art. Art is mainly for the glory of the heart, not of the mind.
2006-07-21 03:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by Charlotte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why anyone wouldn't consider video games a form of art is a mystery to me. They are the art of the future as the art preferred by today's youth. And me.
2006-07-20 01:15:31 · answer #3 · answered by rachelinjapan24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Interactive art to boot. It's also a science. It's everything all wrapped into one tiny, exploding, hacking, slashing, running, gunning, jumping, humping lil machine. God bless it!
2006-07-20 00:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by carlos_18_37 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋