What's the true art of video games? Video games as art vs art disguised as a game.

[JoeTheBro]

McGilliguts said:
I don't know if designing gameplay mechanics per se could be called an art. It's more of a technical discipline that although it does require creativity, doesn't allow for a depth of personal expression - it's more like engineering i would say.

Not at all.

Programing the mechanics is more like engineering, but designing them certainly isn't.

 

Take that from a guy who was an engineer and then became a dev.