I have been reading some articles online that suggest that games is not a form of art. These articles are followed by angry posts by readers about how they are unjustified accusations. These gamers, I assume, get angry and call the writers morons and idiots. (I will have to go back and link these pages so you can read them.)
The thing that I find interesting is the difference in art and video games is the emotion. I wouldnt consider all videogames art because there are so many different genres of games. When a person listens to music they enjoy, one can get a sense of feeling out of the music or it can envoke a certain emotion on the person because it reminds them of a point in their lives. They even call people who make music "artists."
Painting and sculpting are forms of art. They are probably the oldest forms of art. This is a guess of course. I am no scholar in this field. The art forms and can take many hours, days, months, or even years to finish. The end product is open to interpretation.
This is where I believe new videogames shine. They can take up to years to complete. Even though they are to make money, isn't that the ultimate goal in commercial painting and sculpting? The art work in a single level in a game alone can invoke fear, hate, love, and any other emotion one can think of. This can happen because the player is actively interacting with the person on screen. The game can give the player a choice to be cruel or nice. To kill or have mercy. This connection between the player and game come together.
Why do people feel emotion when they read poetry when they did not write it? Why do people love paintings so much, though they did not make it? It might be because they can connect to it. Maybe because people want more or from the art forms can help people disconnect from their reality. Videogames can evoke emotion, make money, take long periods of time to compile and be visually stunning. I believe videogames should be a form of art. If you don't think so, prove it.
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http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html
I think you might like this article. It contains common myths on video games that people commonly believe.
Amen. I have been a video game buff for years and I have had to argue these same points. I agree that games hold all of the strong qualities of good art, granted some are better than others, but to me art none the less. Since there is no possible way to define what art is, everything is up for grabs.
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