Video Games

Are video games art? This is a question I have never really asked myself or thought of whether video games are art. If you think about it, almost anything can be a piece of art in some way or another. Art is really a pretty broad idea. When most of us think art we think of a gallery with drawings, paintings or sculptures but not really much of anything else. When I think of art I wouldn’t automatically categorize video games as artwork, but the more I think about it video games are pieces of artwork. Someone has taken the time to design how the game will run and all the features and scenes to go along with it. Similarly I wouldn’t think of like TV or movies to be art, but in a way they are. They take artistic ability to make and design the show or movie, not so much of the artistic ability we think of, like drawing or sculpting, but in the way of designing scenes, outfits and scripts.

When we see a painting we tend to think about what it means or how the author thought of the design, so it draws us in and makes us interested in the artwork, no matter what kind it is. When playing video games we don’t exactly think about it in that kind of aspect but it does draw us in, in the fact that it can be appealing and somewhat addicting. So in different ways, both things have an emotional pull towards the artwork.

With as many video games as there are out there, there are so many different kinds and so called “art” incorporated in them. With the different character, and scenes involved in them the spectrum is so wide of the types of art.

As technology is developing the definition of art is broadening. Back a hundred years ago when they didn’t have TV, movies, or video games their art was limited to paintings, drawings or sculpture. But now with all the IPhones, IPads, and computers available, each in their own, are pieces of art.

So, I guess I have never thought about art in the different ways that it could exist. I have always just thought pictures or drawings were art but now I understand how other things can fall in the art category.