[QUOTE="Damien_Torrence"]He's right, Games arent art, they're entertainment, a piece of art is something you can always return to and have a connection to that is at least as strong or stronger than the first time you approached, that just cant be said about video gamesianuilliam
That can't be said about a lot of movies. Yet movies are now accepted as art. That can't be said about many books. Literature is art. That can't be said about many songs. Music is art. That is a bad definition. Games, just like any accepted form of art, have degrees of artistry in them. Some are timeless masterpieces. Some are entertaining for a while. Say I see a painting that I really like, totally blown away by it, so I buy it and look at it every day. Eventually, I am intimitely familiar with it. I know the details. When I look at it, it no longer amazes me. I still think it is great, but I don't stop and say 'wow' everytime I pass it in the hall. Does that mean that that painting is not art? By your definition, yes.
Not every song, movie, or painting is art, and no game can ever be a timeless piece of art because the way we play video games constantly change, sure its fun to go back and play an old game, but its not the same experience, our instincts as gamers evolve from generation to generation, but we always view movies and paintings the same way adn listen to music the same way, and I wont lie and say that no video game has ever stirred up emotions in me, but they fade away quickly because I have to keep playing, by its own design, video games kill what real art does to people, and no, that painting is not art, but again, what art is subjective, the mediums of art, arent, look I love video games, if I didnt why would I even be on here? but they dont evoke the same emotions or reactions in me as a song or a good movie, not because it cant, but you have to completely ignore that emotion seconds after to continue to it, and no, a great ending is not a great piece of art.
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