Do you think that video games are a form of art?
I do, you can create your own platform with visuals and gameplay, and tailor the story to your vision. It has a lot of artistic aspects to it.
I see where some critics have challenged games of creative expression as works of art
What are their major criticisms? It could make for an interesting discussion.
I believe they argue similar to the supreme court about expressive elements like storytelling, graphics, and music
I do not understand, those seem like elements of art to me, yet they do not consider video games to be works of art? This seems confusing.
Video games as an art form
The concept of video games as a form of art is a controversial topic within the entertainment industry. Though video games have been afforded legal protection as creative works by the Supreme Court of the United States, the philosophical proposition that video games are works of art remains in question, even when considering the contribution of expressive elements such as graphics, storytelling and music. Even art games, games purposely designed to be a work of creative expression, have been challenged as works of art by some
, at sixty-five, when you've seen the world shape up as I have, there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself. I think my character does both. In some ways it's a very personal book. I was exploring the relationship between myself and my own fabricator. Anybody in the creative business, as you might call it, has some sense of guilt about fooling around with fact, that you're committing larceny, that all of life is material for your fabulations.