Video games=Art?

Oct 19, 2013 by

Are video games art?  This is a controversial topic because everyone differs in how they can define art.  Like art, games are designed to entertain people with their creative expression and their form. I think that video games are art because they have a long history and they relate to the culture of the time which it was made in. It also influences people to do different things and makes them think. When I first played the game “The Marriage,” I thought this game was so simple with its plain graphics. The game looks very easy to complete but I think it was deliberately designed this way to portray how difficult marriage can be. Ian Bogost on Serious Games talked about his son playing the game Animal Crossing. He claimed that this game promotes...

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“Passage” a guide to life!...

Oct 17, 2013 by

“Passage” a guide to life!

          Critics have finally started to take video games seriously as an art form. However video-games is such a vague word, so what qualifies as art and what is their just for entertainment. The market today continues to be saturated by first-person shooters and action games, but alongside such conventional releases, independent designers are experimenting with affordable and free games that enlighten a players senses. However despite steps being taken by artist to develop these works of art, their are still literary critics who are trying to impede the steps  forward that video-games are making. One such critic is Roger Ebert, he was an American, literary film critic, journalist and screenwriter. Roger Ebert described his critical style as, “as relative, not absolute; he reviewed a film for what he felt would be its prospective audience,...

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Art and Games, can the two be used in the same sentence ?...

Oct 14, 2013 by

The question posed in Ian Bogost’s article, “How to do things with videogames” is asking whether video games can be considered art or not. In my personal opinion it can, whether it’s through visual, audio, or even comedy, I think video games can certainly fit those criteria’s. Whether or not video games can be universally accepted as art by everyone is a battle that may never come to an end. When it comes to art, everyone argues about everything relating to art, so to try and stick the “this is art” label on video-games will likely never happen just because of the nature of people and their acceptance of new art forms. But it certainly can be accepted as art by the audience and what they decide is or isn’t art. The art-game “The...

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Games and Art? huh

Oct 14, 2013 by

Games and Art? huh

The Marriage was probably the weirdest game I have ever played. Like every stereotypical male, I decided it was a good idea to start the game without reading the instructions. That sure did not help because the game kept on restarting. Then I found out you were not suppose to click anything. Moral of story…..READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! Back to the game, it took me awhile to understand why this game might be classify as “art”. At first, I thought it was the colors and shapes that made it art, but after playing it over a couple of times I realized why it might be classify as one. The game is so simple, yet so complex at the same time as how the game might be for the audience to develop their own story through...

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Art + Video Games = Yes

Oct 14, 2013 by

Art + Video Games = Yes

Interpretation of art is always something that has frustrated me.  I used to -and usually still do- greatly enjoy poetry, but some poems I quite enjoyed were ruined for me through constant breakdown and discussion of meaning.  I feel that interpretation should be up to the person reading.  Sure some poets or authors have specific meanings in mind, but from experience and hearing the words actually come from the author/poet’s mouths, others create with no intention of meaning. So with that being said, it is always somewhat difficult for me to discuss meanings of things.  Simply because I know what they mean to me, and even after discussion as to their “proper” meaning or interpretation, they will rarely change meaning.  It’s also difficult for me as an avid gamer not to see video games...

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