Are Games Art?

[Jin]

But again, the last 3 posts' examples of games that should be classified as art are so because of their visuals, music or story, not because of anything to do with their gameplay. If Okami, Prince of Persia and Metal Gear Solid were not "fun", no one would play them.

[Rydia Lover]

But again, the last 3 posts' examples of games that should be classified as art are so because of their visuals, music or story, not because of anything to do with their gameplay. If Okami, Prince of Persia and Metal Gear Solid were not "fun", no one would play them.

i enjoyed playing all 3 of those games to the fullest.

[Rocky]

Video games = art.



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[Jin]

i enjoyed playing all 3 of those games to the fullest.

That's exactly my point. The interactive element (that which makes the gaming medium unique) is currently constrained by the necessity of being fun or enjoyable. With few exceptions (Ico, Shadow of the Colossus), gameplay itself has yet to be used as a medium to express emotions other than that. As it stands, all emotions that are expressed in games come from either the visuals, the narrative or the music. When the gameplay itself is capable of making people feel something other than enjoyment (or perhaps the interaction between the gameplay and the visuals/music/narrative), gaming can, imo, be considered a form of art.

[FamousMortimer]

But again, the last 3 posts' examples of games that should be classified as art are so because of their visuals, music or story, not because of anything to do with their gameplay. If Okami, Prince of Persia and Metal Gear Solid were not "fun", no one would play them.

Phantom of the Opera isnt fun, but people still seem to call it "art".

[Jin]

Phantom of the Opera isnt fun, but people still seem to call it "art".

You do realize that's exactly my point, right? I'm hardly saying that something has to be fun to be art.