Video Games Are Officially Art!

[Torrasque]

Really? Video games are "art" now? That's a step down guys, "art" is awful. Do you know what being art means? It means video games are now comparable to this:

WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WATCH.
Well no, not rly. I skipped huge parts of it because I'd rather watch Friday a thousand times than have to sit through that... I mean... what the fuck even?! >.>

But I say huzzah @ games being considered art now.
Now I can say Black Ops is both a shitty game, AND a shitty art.
Also: lol @ art students.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

Really? Video games are "art" now? That's a step down guys, "art" is awful. Do you know what being art means? It means video games are now comparable to this:

too.
many.
HIPSTERS!
AAAAAAGAGGAGAGAGAGGAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OT: suck it overbearing parents.
and jack thompson.
suck it hard.

 

[Legendsmith]

Music is art
2D and 3D images and 3D models are art
Storytelling is an art.
Animation is an art.

Video games combine all these and add interactivity. To say that video games are not an artform is to say that the above things are not an artform either.

 

[Trolldor]

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?

Presumably the same thing that makes specific pieces of writing art, or specific masses of ink art.

 

[Zantos]

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

Yes. Also it means no more games where you just turn it on and shoot at things for a while. Every death has to be accompanied by a short, mournful poem.

 

[jamesworkshop]

Music is art
2D and 3D images and 3D models are art
Storytelling is an art.
Animation is an art.

Video games combine all these and add interactivity. To say that video games are not an artform is to say that the above things are not an artform either.

so an art gallery is a piece of art in and of itself because it contains art?

 

[General_Potatoes]

Can I get a Hell Yeah?

HELL YEAH XD

 

[Adam Galli]

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

This did very nicely

 

[Trolldor]

Really? Video games are "art" now? That's a step down guys, "art" is awful. Do you know what being art means? It means video games are now comparable to this:

Alternatively, it's equatable to this:


Like all Art, there will be ones which deserve the title and ones produced by special children with their head in the Kool Aid bowl.

 

[Trolldor]

Music is art
2D and 3D images and 3D models are art
Storytelling is an art.
Animation is an art.

Video games combine all these and add interactivity. To say that video games are not an artform is to say that the above things are not an artform either.

so an art gallery is a piece of art in and of itself because it contains art?

It doesn't combine them, it houses them. Each piece is individual distinct from the others.

A game actually does combine them to produce something whole.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I still don't know whether I can consider this as art...
... But this is still good news.

 

[Toriver]

I hate to say it, but...

While the possibility of government grants to make commercially non-viable games is cool and all, you and I know the censorship won't go away in the blink of an eye.

Music is art. Music is also censored, when put on commercial release.
Television series are art. They are also censored on most stations.
Film is art. In some cases, film is censored or given an X-rating when found to be obscene.

Games for commercial release will still be under the same scrutiny that films, TV series and music are put under for their commercial release. This still doesn't mean that teenagers will be able to go out and buy excessively violent and/or sexual video games without retailers and parents being able to stop them. It still does not mean that if the government finds something to be completely obscene, they can't regulate it into obscurity. They still have every right to do that. It just means that now, for certain, developers cannot be completely stopped from making the game.

And I am 100% fine with that outcome.

 

[Sprinal]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!



Now Can we move onto Fixing it in Australia

 

[sgt. soap mctavish]

IN YOUR FACE EBERT!

 

[kebab4you]

Right first issue down, now to move over to censorship over the rest of the world(Australia comes to mind).