MikeRox said:
LivingMetal said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
LivingMetal said:
As an artist, I respectfully disagree with you that video games fall under the umbrella of art.
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If writing is an art form... if story telling... is an art form... then a video game based on story and writing is, art. I didn't play FFX because of it's twitch gameplay. I played it to find out what happened to Tidus. It moved me, and millions of other people emotionally far beyond "push x really fast and beat bad guys up".
Remember that Japanese commercial for the PS3 remake? Where it's nothing but the music of the game and people crying? Some games do fall under the same umbrella of art. Not all, but some. There is no difference in a good movie, song or game.
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Just because something has a story doesn't mean it's art. Period.
EDIT: FFX SUCKS! Imho.
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Guess what, self proclaimed "artists" don't get to decode what is and isn't art.
Many individual aspects of video games are considered art in themselves, so why can't an amalgamation of visual, audio, story/plot be considered art? Personally I'd even consider game mechanics themself an art.
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Did I decide for anyone? No. I expressed my opinion like anyone else. But in fact, we agree as implied in part of my original post:
"As an artist, I respectfully disagree with you that video games fall under the umbrella of art, but I will say that video games can be employed as a medium for art."
The bold, underlined part was left out from what you were quoting. So now you know.
