SamuelRSmith on 06 January 2008
| Mnementh said: I don't think, that a videogame needs to stress the interactivity too much to be counted as arts. Other art-forms restrict often themselves: (modern) black-and-white movies and photographs or poems for example. So a game like final-fantasy that restricts interactivity can also be art. But true is, interactivity is the thing that separates games from other arts. |
That's what I was trying to get at in my first post. However, and unfortunatly, the topic developed into more of a "what is art?" topic (naturally, of course).Although, looking back, I may not have worded my original post correctly, I was trying to get at a more of a "when will games be considered art by more than just gamers".
It's like dance, for example. I'd imagine that top dance critics would consider ballet as one of the finest arts out there. But how many people would actually agree with that? The problem with dance is most probably the fact that what most people consider to be dance is, really, just dancing; a la Top of the Pops, and clubbing. Very few people see dance as more than just a set of moves that fit in with the music.
