A lot of the categorizing and such doesn't make much sense. Also, they are discussing video games as a purely visual art, not as in interactive narrative.
This is actually not the kind of recognition that gamers have been seeking for the form. Games should be recognized as pieces of art as wholes, not viewed as mechanisms for distributing visual art.
CB, I agree with you; but at risk of this devolving into a semantic argument about the word "art" I think they're taking baby steps. This is literally the "art" of video games; the visuals.
Those who fear video games or don't understand that they can be narrative devices need to start somewhere; the visuals are something they can grasp onto.
Mass Effect 2, Limbo, and Oblivion pitted against each other in one of the groupings. It's impressive that Oblivion still made me think really hard about how to answer that one, especially when pitted against the other two.
That one caught me as well. I clicked on Mass Effect 2 just as I read Oblivion at the end of the list. Tossed it back and forth and realized ME2 was probably the right choice.
CB, I agree with you; but at risk of this devolving into a semantic argument about the word "art" I think they're taking baby steps. This is literally the "art" of video games; the visuals.
Those who fear video games or don't understand that they can be narrative devices need to start somewhere; the visuals are something they can grasp onto.
It's not the semantics of "art" which are in question.
It's the difference between, "the art of video games" which is what this exhibit is about (which is fine and good), and "video games as art" which is what much of the media is trying to put forth the exhibit as being about.
Those are two such completely different things it's crazy.
I'm not decrying the exhibit, however, I think it's really exciting and positive. I've been planning to head out to our nation's capitol and visit with our friends out there sometime soon, and now I might try to plan that visit around seeing this exhibit.
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I'M SO TORN O_O
This is actually not the kind of recognition that gamers have been seeking for the form. Games should be recognized as pieces of art as wholes, not viewed as mechanisms for distributing visual art.
But at least Halo made it in. Twice.
Excuse me while I rage.
Those who fear video games or don't understand that they can be narrative devices need to start somewhere; the visuals are something they can grasp onto.
It's not the semantics of "art" which are in question.
It's the difference between, "the art of video games" which is what this exhibit is about (which is fine and good), and "video games as art" which is what much of the media is trying to put forth the exhibit as being about.
Those are two such completely different things it's crazy.
I'm not decrying the exhibit, however, I think it's really exciting and positive. I've been planning to head out to our nation's capitol and visit with our friends out there sometime soon, and now I might try to plan that visit around seeing this exhibit.