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US Government Recognizes, Funds Video Games As Art
Kilrah_il writes "The National Endowment for the Arts recently published their criteria for next year's Arts in Media grants. One of the key changes is the inclusion of video games as works of art. 'Projects may include high profile multi-part or single television and radio programs (documentaries and dramatic narratives); media created for theatrical release; performance programs; artistic segments for use within an existing series; multi-part webisodes; installations; and interactive games. Short films, five minutes and under, will be considered in packages of three or more.' For those who worry that game companies will try to get a grant for a commercial game, notice that the grant is only for non-profit organizations."
Is this the year of linux games? With finding from "The National Endowment for the Arts" ;)
notice that the grant is only for non-profit organizations."
You mean like the National Football league which makes billions of dollars a year and is a 501(c)6 designated nonprofit organization?
It seems like you didn't even read the SUMMARY. Impressive.
We have a National Endowment for the Arts program. It funds artists via grants because we've decided, as a country, that the arts are important. Now the types of art that are allowed to be funded includes video games.
"Isn't this essentially just forcing people to purchase games that aren't selling on their own merits?" No more than it's "forcing people to purchase paintings that aren't selling on their own merits" or "forcing people to pay for fruit cups that their kids don't even eat because they make them bring their own food." The government has a LOT of programs, and you have every right to be upset about the .0001 cents of your money that probably goes to such programs. Literally NOTHING the government does is supported by 100% of the population. It is literally impossible to please everybody who lives in the US. This is just one program that some people believe is valuable, and now, for the first time, it's also being allowed to fund games as works of art. I think that that's pretty cool.