Hey! I love playing video games. Mostly PC games.
I'm not sure if video games count as an art form or not...
Oh I think they do. They require a lot of creative thought and execution.
For some reason the entertainment industry can't make up their mind on the subject.
Why's that? It seems a bit ironic, since art is a driving force for entertainment.
Entertainment
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention. Although people's attention is held by different things, because individuals have different preferences in entertainment, most forms are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of
, I believe they are only using religion to create stimulating plot points in their story lines".
Games as focus of religious studies.
For many years video games were seen as mere entertainment, a form of "low culture". Playing video games was seen as a form of escapism and the medium was not regarded as a valid object of scientific research. To "play" games as a scholarly pursuit was thought of as "ludicrous". It has only been in recent years that video games have become