Video Games as Art

it is, in a way...

I bring teh pew pew

these people are right. but games are like movies.

“If you want to be fancy, hold your pinky finger like this. The higher you hold it, the fancier you are.”

Video games are a form of art, the most comprehensive of any form. But, it won't be taken seriously by the media and mainstream until it "grows up" apparently.

It's my job to help the next generation, and set a good example for them. And for that I'll gladly lay down my life.

then if video games are art (which they are) arnt we hardcore-game-enjoyers apart of the artist.

Pain is just weakness exiting the body.

It is art. Going to college about that. haha
People mostly like adult such as parents think is violence of what kids buy these days like anything with "shooting, cussing in it."
Video games are not also art, but educational and health.

I don't have feelings. -Sai

@danka913 No. It's the same concept as one viewing a painting doesn't make them the artist, just an observer.

It's my job to help the next generation, and set a good example for them. And for that I'll gladly lay down my life.

ah now i think im boerd with this. super smash bros brawl i think has art in it. but i dont understand why people hate them and dont think of them as art.

Pain is just weakness exiting the body.

they are a medium that a person can use to express them selves in. even when they are playing or making they are developing a piece of art.

if u hax he WILL find and destroy you.

True. Some games are, and should be, considered art. But consider also all the failed games out there.... So not all games are art.

EVERYBODY LET'S GO

i dont consider crappy games as games at all <(^^,)>

if u hax he WILL find and destroy you.

Take Final Fantasy 13 for example, you have the stunning scenery of the areas you travesrse, the immense detail put into each character's back story and how they are all semi-connected, then you have the mythology of the game involving the Fal'cie and L'cie and the interconnections between ff13 and ff13 versus along with ff13 type-0, you pretty much get an education from Final Fantasy (probability, plot, setting, character growth, simple math, strategizing, prioitizing, things you need in life)

I will maintain anarchy!

Just for fun, here are the results to a recent GameFAQs poll:

Are video games art?

Absolutely, they're the most creative medium there is
11094 (15.71%)
Yes, games are deeper than movies or books
8777 (12.43%)
Some are, many aren't, just like other media
47274 (66.93%)
Not really, you can't take games that seriously
2795 (3.96%)
Not at all, that's a sacrilege to real art
693 (0.98%)
70633 TOTAL VOTES

Source:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4249

Catch my drift.