In the article Is it art? the author states, "The other way in which games might converge on art is through the beauty and detail of their imagined worlds, combined with the freedom they give the player to wander around in them. " I feel that this is true for all games. I feel that in order to combine a story line that people are going to want to play, great graphics, and the imagination that it takes for someone to think up all the characters and ideas that make and become the videogame itself.
"Many games now aspire to be “cinematic” above all else. In Halo 3, as in most games, the plot is conveyed largely through short expositional movies that are interspersed throughout the action." As for this part to determine whether or not a videogame is considered art, I say why not. If a movie is considered art than i say why cant a videogmae that is made on a computer the same way a movie by Pixar is? I am sure that when videogame developers sit down to build a videogame whether or not it is the first time the game is coming out or is the third release, they are going to sit down and put their creative minds together and make clay figures for the computer people to create the people on the computer. JUST like when the creators of Shrek (one, two and three) and Finding Nemo etc. sat down and brainstormed. they would draw and make figures and write out story lines one after another on a story board, pounding out their ideas to make any movie, videogame etc the best it can be!
So YES videogames in my opinion can be art. If someone can sit and draw, mold, create character after character on a computer and create something that has a great storyline and people love to play it and continue on to play the sequel than they have created art. Just think people are still talking about the Mona Lisa and how long has that been considered art!?
I think that most non-gamers don't consider the time and energy video game developers put into making a game. People come up with a story, create the characters, develop an environment, and have to make it on a screen. How can this same process go into making a movie and it is widely considered art, but not when it goes into making a video game?
ReplyDeleteAs blogged by others and discussed in class, there are varying degrees and layers of art in video games. Even if the characters are annoying and the narrative's a cliche, a video game can still possess some kind of artistic aspects with its graphics, movie-style cutscenes or even more open-ended experiences that a game's multiplayer aspects allow (such as rocket-juggling).
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