Are video games art?

Are video games art?

While gaming may have been accepted as a sport, with various tournaments held worldwide every year, can the wide variety of original styles and designs be considered as art?

To help you decide, read The Art of Video Games and take a look at the Gaming Art Gallery.

Then tell us what you think below!

 

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    stev0 from middlesbrough says:
    Mar 10, 14:01

    lots of people have diffrent opinions. i myself think that it is art, it is created by man for thousands of people to enjoy.... and isnt that wat art is.

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    gemmalicious from rochdale says:
    Mar 10, 13:47

    I don't think video games are art

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    Eric Brightwell from Marlow says:
    Mar 10, 12:41

    There is more contemporary art in one good video game than in the whole of some so called contemporary art galleries.

    I love paintings, and I paint in oil, acrylic and watercolour. However, I accept that although some modern paintings may still be regarded as contemporary art, the genre has moved on to include films, pop videos and video games.

    In my opinion some modern art galleries have lost the plot, and their exhibits are just not contemporary art.

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    Helen from Glasgow says:
    Mar 10, 11:54

    Of course it's art. I'd rather look at some of the games art than at an ugly Picasso.

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    Michael Hanretty from Glasgow says:
    Mar 10, 10:25

    Sure, the question of 'what is art?' is going to be subjective when applied to any media - but it's not as if video games don't have any analogues to existing critical darlings (while retaining their own identities). Killer7 is the closest thing to an interactive David Lynch film. Wind Waker was as beautifully presented as any Pixar film. Silent Hill makes even 1990's Jacob's Ladder scarier by examining the themes and visual tropes of Adrian Lyne's film. There are innumerable other examples.

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