video games are an art

I do not play video games, but I do think that it is an art. I know that it is created on a computer, but it still takes time and effort, and requires creating something. Most if not all of the time the creators do have to sketch their idea before they create it. Some people think that art is only something that is made with paint, brushes, or canvases. While discussing this topic in class people where describing war scenes on certain games or sound scenes on certain games as art. Now I had no idea what they were talking about, but I do agree with them on the general concept.

In this article Robert Ebert explains why he thinks video games can never be art and one of the major criticisms of his argument was that he never really wanted to play the one video game he played, so he was forced to play it. So while he is playing this game he is just playing it with a closed mind.

Now I don't think that he doesn't think video games are art is because he has never really played video games, because I personally do not play video games but still think that it is an art. I think that he just believes that art cannot be created in the form of a video game, art is made with a brush, canvas and paint. Therefore no matter how many video games he is forced to play, unless he finally finds one that is made in the form of what he thinks art is, he will never believe video games are art.

I think art adjusts to different time periods. For example rock paintings were art when their was no paper. And now digital art is considered art as our technology gets better and better. Art is any kind of creation that the creator considers art and it is up to the viewer to interpret it, and decide if they like it. If the viewer does not like the piece of art it does not throw it out of the art category it just makes the artist explain more and maybe teach the viewer something new.



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