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I believe that these kinds of debates necessarily boil down to an argument over the definition of art. One essay on a similar subject that I always think back
by tps5 10y ago
I believe that these kinds of debates necessarily boil down to an argument over the definition of art.
One essay on a similar subject that I always think back to is Orwell's essay, Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool: http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/lear/english/e_ltf http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/lear/english/e_ltf
Orwell's argument is somewhat hard for me to swallow (because I tend to be opinionated about what constitutes good writing), but I agree that "Ultimately there is no test of literary merit except survival, which is itself an index to majority opinion." I think that same concept can be applied more broadly to question of the definition of art.
- sundvor 10y ago"Elite" was one of the best things to come out of 1984. Docking my Sidewinder into the stations will stay forever etched into memory. It is very hard for me not to describe it as art; it brought me, as the gamer, into space, matching my rotation with that of the station - and being able to perform interstellar travel. Sure the graphics were crude by today's standards, yet the memory of the experience stays strong - as it was cutting edge by the standards of that day. Rewatching an old movie often feels disappointing for the same reason - the memory of the experience staying far stronger than what the movie judged by today's standards. Which is exactly the same as for those classic computer games. And now we have Elite Dangerous, which offers a jaw droppingly beautiful universe of grand scale, with VR, fantastic visual FX and sound stage design. And, essentially, the same experience as the original game. Remakes happen all the time in movies as well. So yes, to me, computer games are most definitely art.