| Metallicube said: It implies that games are "supposed to" be art, meaning games that aren't necessarilly artistic are lacking in some way. This is an unfair assesment, and why I believe certain games get critizied by strangely "hardcore" gamers and the gaming media, despite the fact that they are actually exteremly fun and successful games. Stuff like Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Just Dance, to an extent Minecraft, etc. They get marked down for lack of artistic values, when really they don't need to be there in the first place. ... |
i think torillian is make a much more effective argument then i could so for the most part read his post.
..but i don't think that it is fair to say that. i've never heard a signle person who is for the "game as art" camp ever argue that all games are art. games (like photos or film or canvas or whatever) is just a medium. not everything that comes out of that medium is going to be or even trying to be art. that shouldn't discount anything from being art though.
and as far as artistic value goes in things like wii sports -- it isn't getting marked down for not trying to be art, it is getting marked down for not having an asthedically pleasing visual aspects. those are very very different topics.
