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Rogerioandrade on 19 February 2014
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MDMAlliance said:
Rogerioandrade said:
Videogames are not essentially art. They are basically just games, challenges for the player, they´re closer to board games in their essence than to art itself. But videogames are a form of entertainment that uses art to be produced, be it visual arts, music or interpretation.


There's something I feel you're missing about this as well.  There are a lot of games out there that aren't simply about being "a game" or "challenging the player," but has those elements to them.  For example, Final Fantasy games tend to focus a lot of story while also presenting a challenge (especially to those who seek it).  But, most people do NOT play Final Fantasy for the challenge or the game itself, but rather the experience.  Now some say you can't "experience" art, but only observe it.  But that makes no sense, because then what is art?  Can the blind never experience or even create a piece of art then?  Since a blind person cannot observe what he/she is creating, would it not become null as art if that is what art is supposed to be?

While story is very important on games like Rpg´s and Adventure´s,  it is basically a background where the challenges are proposed.  And if the player can´t overcome those challenges, be it strategic or skill challenges, they won´t be able to "experience" the story and any artistic pourpose it may have  won´t be accomplished. 

It´s not like a movie or a theather play, where you don´t have to interact directly with your skills, but rather observe it. Games are not simply contemplative/observative, there must be some kind of intervention from the player. And from this intervention some feelings may wake up, or not.

Art concept is quite vague and controversial,  basically anything that is made with the pourpose of expressing feelings or waking feelings on the audience can be somewhat considered art. But videogames are not designed primarly to do that. They are designed to offer a challenge. As they use art elements on it, then this feature may be present in them, not through the game itself but in artistic portions of it, like its music, story or visuals.

PS.: Of course blind people can experience and create pieces of art. Music is art, poetry is art, crafting is art. Many forms of art can be (and are meant to be) appreciated without vision.