Video Games Are Now Art… Finally!

8 responses to “Video Games Are Now Art… Finally!”

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   Bluxwave

   March 19, 2012 at 1:36 pm

   harmless plug for binary zoo
   🙂 there my fav art games

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   DistantDrop

   March 19, 2012 at 1:38 pm

   Maybe one day the future generations will learn about video games in Art class instead of a hack artists like Pollock who spit on a canvas’ and call it Art?

   I’m sure some Art major will heavily disagree with the lesser statement though preaching about expressionism and minimalism argh.

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   Neo-Kaiser

   March 19, 2012 at 1:39 pm

   So, what. In the museum they just run Let’s Play videos?

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   Jordaan Mylonas

   March 19, 2012 at 1:39 pm

   Um… the title, “The Art of Games”, doesn’t signify that games are being recognised as art, it’s signify that they contain art. The Art of Picasso doesn’t mean Picasso himself is art, but that he has art associated with him (because he painted it).

   That games contain art has never been debated. That the medium of video games is itself a medium of art is what is being debated.

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   Kharaide

   March 19, 2012 at 1:43 pm

   Yes video games are art ,but they are made for the people, not for The people to admire 🙂 difference!!!! When ever someone makes a shitty game and calls it artistic i cry for the future ;(

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   JellyArrow

   March 19, 2012 at 1:48 pm

   I assume an invitation has been sent to Roger Ebert?

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   Benny

   March 19, 2012 at 2:00 pm

   Video games are more art than art itself.

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8. 

   Thom

   March 19, 2012 at 2:31 pm

   In a slight tangent from the actual content of the article:

   I’m kind of sick of this whole debate thing myself. Both sides we’re way too extreme. I hate the whole “videogames are art” catch cry of the side I lean towards. Its stupid. Some videogames are art. Some are merely artistic. Some are kitsch. Any of those things can be made by an artist or a trash compactor. “Videogames are art” is like saying paintings are art, like there is some quality to paint that makes it inherently artistic. Bullshite. Paint’by’numbers is not art – its a derivative embarrassment to the creator, who is so lacking in imagine they need their colors and lines chosen for them.

   While I’m on a roll: I wish there was a higher standard for what get called an “Art game”. As Jim Sterling points out – 90% of “Art” games are basically walking around while the story is drip-fed to you. That’s far too derivative to be art. Worse than that, it drops the main reason for choosing games as an artistic medium: interactivity. Art games like “The path” and “Dear Esther” could be books or videos. Neither would be considered an artistic triumph in those formats. The only game I can think of that actually turns interactivity into art effectively is Bioshock, because it makes you question how much of the game was your own volition, and how much you did just because you were told to.

   End rant.

   I hope the exhibition is good. It would be cool if it got loaned out to one of the Australian museums.

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