Should video games be regarded as art?
This is a discussion that I never thought was a discussion. Why would anyone think that video games were not art, and the people who create them were not artist? Here is the Dictionary definition of art:
the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
What is aesthetic principles? Here is a brief summary:
The aesthetic experience consists in enjoying a thing for its intrinsic beauty, for what it is in itself. The nature of this enjoyment is not, however, uniform. It is differentiated by whichever emotions are predominant when that thing is being experienced, and some emotion is always aroused when a person is intimately engaged with a thing.
I am not sure but I believe that video games bring me joy, and send me through a ton of emotions. Do you remember how you felt in the first Mario each time you defeated a Castle and the princess was in the next castle? Do you remember what you felt when you finally saved that princess? There is a lot more I can say, but it would only be my opinion.
August 4, 2008
I don’t consider video games as art, all art is an expression of the soul, ALL OF IT! Do all video games seem like they have hearts poured into them? You can’t think of at least FIFTY! games which sucked, looked like they just made it for money, or was just plain crap? I don’t even consider Zelda or Mario art, its entertainment for me, not something to express myself in, its more a hobby then a way of life. There is for me, one exception though….The Metal Gear Solid series; I don’t consider the series art, I consider it a Masterpiece! I’ve never felt so many intense emotions in a series before :( Just plain awesome.