Should Gaming Be an Art Form?
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AuToFiRE
The Mona Lisa, Beethoven, Casablanca - All things some say are forms of 'true' art, but what is todays true modern art?
In this day in age, where silicon and electricity run the world, where digital storage and processing power - almost worth their weight in gold, shouldn't it be some sort of interactive moving picture that defines todays art? A game, lets say Metal Gear Solid Series, known for its beautifully done gameplay, complex controls and addictive and enduring storyline, and now, defined by the current generation of gaming consoles, graphics, almost realistic, where 10 years ago could never have even been thought of being rendered in realtime. Even though this game is not yet released, it has the hype and almost same feel as a new orchestrated musical or a unveiled painting that striked the hearts and minds of many.
To me personally, a videogame is an art, it is an expression of ones self, in Metal Gears case, Hideo Kojima, whos brilliant mind has given us such an in-depth feeling, to almost sharing what snake feels,, what he sees, and almost a glimpse into the future of warfare. Yet arent those so called feelings part of art? an expression of feeling through media? through pictures and sounds?
Even though I believe games should be considerd an art, we have those who believe videogames are nothing more than a nuisance, murder simulators and antisocial machines. But as in the words of Master Miyamoto "Video games are bad? Thats what they said about rock and roll"
In my years of experiencing video games, I have noticed that games that were developed by people who truely loved and cared for the game, nurtured it as a child of their own, are the ones that make it big, that become the AAA games, just as those works of art, that were cared for became infamous masterpieces
We as a community of modern day artists and art admirers should show the nonbelievers that games arent bad, but an expression of ourselves, a new age art, an art we can touch, feel, see, hear, communicate and interact with. But a bigger question that must be asked - Am I alone? Am I the only one who believes that videogames are an art, or truely mislead?
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