273: Tetramino, Falling

[copycatalyst]

Great article!

I think it is key to the discussion of games-as-art to identify their use of "videogamic" qualities (althought we might want to coin a better term). In this debate, sometimes people point to the fantastic visuals (whether realistic or abstract), sounds and music, the engaging stories, or the production values matching those of films. These things are videogames incorporating other forms of art. Videogames as their own art depend on "videogamic" qualities; the importance of what you do as opposed to what you see, hear, or even feel.

 

[Maur DL]

A compelling case for videogames as art, I particularly like how it makes the distinction that videogames are an artform in a way all their own that you can't really compare with other forms of art.

 

[ranger19]

Fantastic article which deserves more comments. I never really thought about it under the games-as-art category, but tetris definitely fits and is perhaps one of the best examples. Also, that study about people with amnesia having tetris dreams is... crazy. It happens more to me when I go on DDR binges, but I totally understand.