Poll: Are Computer Games Art Or Entertainment?
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Well, I think its art because it is a medium that is making us feel something just like a great painting or a music piece.
Depends on the game really.
If it aims to give you a good time, I'd call it (an attempt at) entertainment, and if it aims to provoke deeper feelings, reflections, and musings I'd call it (an attempt at) art.
They aren't really mutually exclusive, but you'll find a lot more of the former, and the latter is considerably harder to pull off.
If it aims to give you a good time, I'd call it (an attempt at) entertainment, and if it aims to provoke deeper feelings, reflections, and musings I'd call it (an attempt at) art.
They aren't really mutually exclusive, but you'll find a lot more of the former, and the latter is considerably harder to pull off.
I've played some games that were merely done to make an artistic statement and did not entertain for crap. I've played some that had no artistic quality and their memories are dim, the entertainment value is derived from a 14 year olds idea of being entertained.
When you make a beautifully done artistic game with interactive story-telling, functional gameplay mechanics, and a tale worth telling, nay experiencing games finally serve their original purpose of being both Entertainment AND Art.
When you make a beautifully done artistic game with interactive story-telling, functional gameplay mechanics, and a tale worth telling, nay experiencing games finally serve their original purpose of being both Entertainment AND Art.
It seems to me that it can be both. I mean, a film like The Dark Knight or The Shining is both entertaining and artful right? A book like House of Leaves or Call of Cthulhu is both entertaining and artful as well, right? Songs like Bohemian Rhapsody and Solsbury Hill are also entertaining and artful, right? Why cannot games be the same way?
Tell you what, you can even wipe your arse on a piece of toilet paper and call it art, let alone a video game.
Art itself is very subjective, so it is really just a bunch of individualized opinions on what they imagine art to be.
One man's Picasso, is another man's toddler scribble.
Art itself is very subjective, so it is really just a bunch of individualized opinions on what they imagine art to be.
One man's Picasso, is another man's toddler scribble.
If you're asking if games are art or entertainment, then my answer would be... yes; plenty are.
Lots of games can be viewed as artistic masterpieces although the primary and ultimate purpose of a video game is to entertain.
Lots of games can be viewed as artistic masterpieces although the primary and ultimate purpose of a video game is to entertain.
Oh god, another one... I'm going to need to invest in a big mallet soon, these Art topics seem like a never ending Whac-a-mole...
Games don't need to have an answer to whether they're art or not, this won't change absolutely anything about them. Would you really want your favourite game being considered on par with Yoko Ono screaming in the middle of a gallery or any of this stupid "post modern" art shit?
Everybody will have a different idea of what they look for in art which is why it's never been defined. Games are above this sort of trivial crap to me.
Games don't need to have an answer to whether they're art or not, this won't change absolutely anything about them. Would you really want your favourite game being considered on par with Yoko Ono screaming in the middle of a gallery or any of this stupid "post modern" art shit?
Everybody will have a different idea of what they look for in art which is why it's never been defined. Games are above this sort of trivial crap to me.
I think they were being sarcstic.Sober Thal said:
The point of this discussion is to clarify whether games, like art, should be protected from being bought, changed and remarketed. Imagine if chess was bought, remodeled on snakes and ladders, then sold back to the public as chess. I don't think chess has never been considered art (although playing it has been) but you can see what i'm getting at.
