A game play screenshot of Microsoft’s video game Halo; featuring the Defiant Map Pack. Some could see this as an appealing piece of art. Image from: http://www.wired.com/2011/05/343-industries-halo/
Eric Zimmerman’s opinion piece, “Games stay away from Art. Please,” on Polygon.com, debates if games should or should not aspire to be art. As a freelancing, digital artist, I have to disagree with the author’s perspective; some video games are already art, and future aspirations are nothing to fear. Today’s games just have yet to earn the official, “tip-of-the-art-beret.” Let’s go through some of the reasons games are worthy to be called art and aspiring to do so should not be shamed. Continue reading
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