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Re: Video Games Can Never Be Art -Ebert
Old 04-20-2010, 02:27 PM   #22
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Default Re: Video Games Can Never Be Art -Ebert

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Originally Posted by DarkMaster View Post
Hey guys, maybe an actual video game developer knows more about this topic than we do.

Hideo Kojima said: "The thing is, art is something that radiates the artist, the person who creates that piece of art. If 100 people walk by and a single person is captivated by whatever that piece radiates, it's art. But videogames aren't trying to capture one person. A videogame should make sure that all 100 people that play that game should enjoy the service provided by that videogame. It's something of a service. It's not art. But I guess the way of providing service with that videogame is an artistic style, a form of art."
This doesn't deny the potential of games to be art. He's saying that games made today are more of a service than an art.


Saying games made today aren't art and games can never be art are two very different arguments.
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