Re:Pong != Art, therefore Video Game = Art
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Are Videogames Art?
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Just because Pong does not (necessarily) contain pretty pictures and music doesn't mean it's not art. The gameplay itself can be art.
I consider games to be art because the design goals of them are to entertain, not to be useful. Pong is for having fun, not for demonstrating how balls bounce off surfaces.
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I just expand it all the way.
Just because Pong does not (necessarily) contain pretty pictures and music doesn't mean it's not art. The gameplay itself can be art.
I consider games to be art because the design goals of them are to entertain, not to be useful. Pong is for having fun, not for demonstrating how balls bounce off surfaces.
For me, it's even developed to the extent that if I'm online or on the phone listening to the user about their problem, it will go away.