Are Videogames Art?

Angry Black Man asks: "The San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art is currently debating whether or not videogames can be considered a type of art. They are currently holding a symposium entitled "ArtCade: Exploring the Relationship Between Video Games and Art." What do you guys think about this? Also, if videogames are considered art than what stops other computer programs from also being considered art? Censoring videogames because of violence or even programs because of DMCA-type laws may be considered censoring art - something that many Americans have traditionally been very opposed to?" When Slashdot covered computer graphics as fine art, many of you agreed that it was. When asked about beautiful code, many thought so and gave their reasons as to why. Now comes a question about the combination of the two. Are computer games not considered art simply because of its nature as an entertainment medium, or can video games be considered art precisely because they can be thought of as combinations of graphics and code?

Comments

Games for the PS2 are blurring that line

[byran lei]

>Are Videogames Art?
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Well yeah. Final Fantasy X for the PS2 will be as much art as a game juding by the previews I've seen of it. Quite a few other PS2 games like Ico and Kinetica could easily fall into this catagory as well. Though I doubt you could say any games created for either the PC or Xbox could be considered art. Quite a few created games for the Amiga like could considered as art though