Poll: Are Games Art?

[Hazy]

Games are art, games contain art and games inspire art.

Well said.

Thanks, I think it's very simple, games are as valid an expressive art form as any other medium, painting, music, film... there is nothing to say that they are not!

To true, coulden't have pictured it said any other way.

 

[rated pg]

Some, but certainly not ones that are trying to hard to be labeled art to be immune from criticism (ex. Psychonauts or Braid). I think Mass Effect is the gaming equivalent of art. I think Ninja Gaiden 2 could be counted as art. I also think Gears/Gears 2 can be counted as art. All for different reasons, but I don't think silly visuals (ex. Psychonauts or Braid) or the setting determine art, I feel things like story, or visuals (again, not ones that TRY to use the art excuse to render themselves immune to criticism) or music, or when you know quality went into making it. Hard to explain sort of but miracleofsound has the right idea.

 

[KamachoMcSagget]

Some games may, and some may not be art.
No More Heroes is open to interpretation because it is saterical, so sure it's a work of art. However, I wouldn't really call Sonic Heroes life changing.

 

[Good morning blues]

Games are art, but they're almost always corporate art - they're like Hollywood film, except that Hollywood produces good art a hell of a lot more often than the video game industry does. Most of it is just entertainment with no aspirations or accidental forays above that station.

That doesn't mean that games expire. A good game in 1999 is almost always still a good game in 2009.

 

[irishstormtrooper]

This depends on your definition of art. A game is, first and foremost, primarily a source of entertainment. If the game gets arty, that's something extra. Do you call TV shows art? If so, then games are too.