Comments on: Are Video Games Art? Do Games Make Good Movies? http://makemacgames.com/2006/05/03/are-video-games-art-do-games-make-good-movies/ The Adventure Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Patrick Reilly http://makemacgames.com/2006/05/03/are-video-games-art-do-games-make-good-movies/#comment-420 Patrick Reilly Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:44:00 +0000 http://makemacgames.com/2006/05/03/are-video-games-art-do-games-make-good-movies/#comment-420 There is a difference, though, between artsy and art. Art doesn't mean a pretty picture (look at most modernist paintings) or a nice song (Philip Glass's music is pretty much atonal, and I believe he wrote one symphony that was 9 minutes of silence), but a meaning given to human endeavor. Games are just combinations of pictures, music, and stories. The idea that games can't be art is as ridiculous as saying the statue of liberty isn't art, just because it's a building in addition to being a statue. There is a difference, though, between artsy and art. Art doesn’t mean a pretty picture (look at most modernist paintings) or a nice song (Philip Glass’s music is pretty much atonal, and I believe he wrote one symphony that was 9 minutes of silence), but a meaning given to human endeavor. Games are just combinations of pictures, music, and stories. The idea that games can’t be art is as ridiculous as saying the statue of liberty isn’t art, just because it’s a building in addition to being a statue.

]]> By: Jon Trainer http://makemacgames.com/2006/05/03/are-video-games-art-do-games-make-good-movies/#comment-268 Jon Trainer Wed, 10 May 2006 12:59:18 +0000 http://makemacgames.com/2006/05/03/are-video-games-art-do-games-make-good-movies/#comment-268 >I believe that games must evolve more along the “artist” lines of film. I sort of agree. I think it would be great for games to evolve as far as art. But, I also wonder if we have a misplaced fixation on this. Some of the best games ever made had nothing but vector graphics and bips and bleeps for sound. I like artsy games, but artsy games don't necessarily make great games. >I believe that games must evolve more along the “artist” lines of film.

I sort of agree. I think it would be great for games to evolve as far as art. But, I also wonder if we have a misplaced fixation on this. Some of the best games ever made had nothing but vector graphics and bips and bleeps for sound.

I like artsy games, but artsy games don’t necessarily make great games.

]]> By: epic http://makemacgames.com/2006/05/03/are-video-games-art-do-games-make-good-movies/#comment-265 epic Wed, 03 May 2006 14:59:07 +0000 http://makemacgames.com/2006/05/03/are-video-games-art-do-games-make-good-movies/#comment-265 I see what your saying and I agree. I think art is the creation of any object or media that evokes meaning, emotion and thought in the beholder. Therefore to me almost anything is an art form. With respect to games and film, I believe that games must evolve more along the "artist" lines of film. I see what your saying and I agree. I think art is the creation of any object or media that evokes meaning, emotion and thought in the beholder. Therefore to me almost anything is an art form. With respect to games and film, I believe that games must evolve more along the “artist” lines of film.

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