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> Thinking of games like this as art is a categorical error in my opinion. Why is that?
by mcphage 5y ago
> Thinking of games like this as art is a categorical error in my opinion.
Why is that?
- blockwriter 5y agoIn part because what is engaging about it is not vested wholly in its aesthetic value. This, of course, does not necessarily preclude a work from being considered art. I think my refusal to consider games of this nature, or indeed games of any sort, as art comes down to the medium. Literature extends literature in a transcendent manner, putting like into a like medium that is wholly expressive and formally complete, whereas games of fantasy enrobe themselves in the trappings of purely aesthetic mediums; but the medium of games leaves room for gaps in its progenitor’s sublimer forms. This is only one man’s opinion though, I concede.
- Octopodes 5y agoI tip my fedora to you, good sir.