RE: Are Games 'Art'?
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Video Games are definitely an art form. It is a collaborated effort of hundreds of people, developers, artists, musicians, and writers, all to finish a project that is available to anybody interested upon release. Poetry is a type of art, painting is a type of art art, music is a type of art, being able to have vision and create is a type of art, Games are just combining it all and giving control to a player to roam around in the world they have made. Taking a look at the details of any game world will show you how much effort and detail these creators put into their work. Photo modes that allow players to add photography effects/filters are being added to video games because some games look so wonderful that players will venture the landscape taking screen shots or 'Virtual Photography / Game Photography' and share it with others! People have their opinions about 'What is and isn't (X)' but it is difficult to deny the works of a finished group project and the fruits of their labor.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It was an interesting read!
Yeah, although as I stated elsewhere, I hesitate really, to use the term 'games' because come on, we're obviously talking about certain types of games here that are very hard to argue don't have some inherent artistic significance. Other games, such a shitty mobile games designed to make you microtransact for procedurally generated pay to win nonsense or whatever, this is just grifting I guess.
Some popular games are literally just about boosting the serotonin: quick form shooters like PUBG or 10 minute rounds of LOL. They are more like often described: E-sports. I'm generally not a fan of Esports.
I suppose the same can be said for any art form. Photograph? Insta selfies.
Dance? Tiktok
Books? Self-help and get-rich quick, financial advice books.
etc.