Group discussion of Adam's Will computer games ever be a legitimate art form?

 



Are videogames art or not:

Agree:

• Videogames must challenge the viewer to learn a new kind of understanding.
• Aestethics: Everything in the game has to work together in harmony, image has to be pleasing, 
• Videogame artists must experiement and take new chances.

 

Disagree:

• Some of us doesent think that videogames has to have content, like a storyline, in order to be considered art, because patterns, design and functions canalso stimulate the viewer, and leave him or her in some kind of emotional state. 
• Some of us disagree that videgames has to be criticized by critics, rather than being reviewed, because it can lead to lower sales of the game, because fewer people will play the game.

Additional points:

• If computer games are to be considered an art form, it shouldn’t contain bad messages such as violence – it should bring a positive message to the player in order to be art, according to some of us. 
• Some of us think that videogames that question human beliefs, such as the players morality, can be considered art, because allowing the viewer to make different choices (good/bad) also forces the player to think and feel while playing.