Video Games Are Officially Art!

[2xDouble]

Today, the US Federal Government, by way of the National Endowment for the Arts, has officially included video game makers in the list of qualifying artists.

http://gaming.icrontic.com/article/nea-video-games-are-an-art-form/

 

[Ca3zar416]

HAZA! I completely lost track of that court case so don't know if it's still going on but this deserves celebration.

 

[JordanXlord]

FINALY!!!

YES YES....YESSS!!!!

Sorry...just...finaly

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i am glad now because once i become a video game developer i can also be called a "artist"

 

[Canid117]

HAZA! I completely lost track of that court case so don't know if it's still going on but this deserves celebration.

The courts decision takes place next month.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Does this mean we need more video games that don't make a lick of sense and apparently have deep symbolism?

 

[WorldCritic]

Take that Roger Ebert.

 

[Sozac]

Woot! Glad to see bro, that's very cool.

 

[redisforever]

Friggin' FINALLY! So, what counts as art? What does it take for a game to be called art? What is the definition of a game that counts as art?

 

[sephiroth1991]

Fuck Yeah, while not all games may be art, some are, just like films, pictures ect.

 

[BlackEagle95]

Can I get a Hell Yeah?

 

[Irridium]

I expected this post to be about the Smithsonian's new video-game exhibit.

Either way, now when they're challenged on their merits and everything like every other art-form, games can no longer hide behind the "its just a game!" excuse. They're not just games anymore, they're art. Be prepared to stand by them through the bad times, as well as the good.

Any time a game is faced with controversy, everyone pulls out the "its just a game" card. And when people treat them "just like games" and say they can't really be art, we call them pieces of art.

Well they're art now. Whether we, or anyone else, likes it or not. Be prepared to defend it as such. Or not, if you don't care.

 

[Armored Prayer]

Well thats very good to hear.

Now can we all now finally shut up about this whole issue and put it to rest?

 

[thenoblitt]

now the important question, does that mean that it can be held under such scrutiny now that it is legally considered and art form?

 

[zombiejoe]

Everyone! To the party van for scones and tea!


happy day

 

[Sarge034]

I don't have the words to describe.......... This will do nicely.

 

[Amondren]

Huzzah and all that jazz. I'm glad the community can be recognized like this finally.

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

It shouldn't even matter in the first place.

I still don't get why people care so much.

 

[lacktheknack]

Well thats very good to hear.

Now can we all now finally shut up about this whole issue and put it to rest?

Nope.

 

[Ashendarei]

Honestly I just hope that the industry looks at this as a stepping stone towards the future of gaming, and doesn't just squat at this step for the next dozen years.