Check out N'Gai's great article on Next Generation. He makes reference to the NY Times article about Halo 3 being representative of art. Which seemed thin on the surface. I do like the fact that N'Gai tackles the idea that games can be art based solely on gameplay rather than relying solely on the storytelling aspects.
Personally, considering there is such a convergence of the arts in every video game it is hard to believe that games aren't art. For instance, there are the visual arts that the game designers use to create the textures and such. Also, games have architecture aspects when dealing with map design. Also there are the amazing scores that are created for video games. Finally, there is the story in some games. So that is yet another recognized art form. How could games not be art when they are made up of art to their vary bone. Throwing in some science and math in there when it comes to the programming and technology aspects. You probably have the highest form of art that could be created.
In previous articles, I've discussed the importance of video games as art. But certainly the particular aspects discussed by N'Gai Croal and those I mentioned above were missing. I don't think games to need to change to become more artsy. I think that people's minds have to change about the way we think about games. After all, a person who creates and Unreal Mod or a Half-Life Mod couldn't be considered anything but an artist. How about the folks that do Machinima, they are certainly artists. So where does the art end and the game begin? It just doesn't...
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