In my personal opinion, art is any and all forms of creative expression. If you've read my blog anytime before now then you already know my stance on the topic of whether or not video games should be considered art. For those who haven't: I am all for it. Now as any philosopher would tell me, I must argue my stance and show why I believe what I believe. So let's get this show on the road.
First and foremost, I believe video games should be considered an art simply by method of comparison. Most would agree with me in saying that music is a form of art, and most (maybe not as many) would agree with me in saying that Miley Cyrus's (yes, the Disney girl turned superstar) music is, in fact, music. Therefore that would make Miley Cyrus singing about "throwin' her hands up" and "partyin' in the USA" a work of art, and if you're trying to tell me that that song is art but games like Okami aren't then I'm not buying what you're selling. Plain and simple, cut and dry, end of story. Sorry Miley Cyrus or any Miley Cyrus fangirls (or fanboys.......), but I don't thinking singing about listening to other artists' songs and dancing to them is creative or an example of expressing any educated thought. There, I said it.
Another way I, personally, define is art is a work that may provoke you to look at something in a different way, or present a brand new idea to you such as films (not movies, films. There's a difference) often do. Now, I dare you to pick up any Square-Enix game and say it didn't do just that. SPOILER ALERT: In Final Fantasy X they present the idea of what makes an individual real by having the main character never truly exist, but instead be a dream of a group of omnipotent beings. Another concept is presented in the Kingdom Hearts series (NEW ONE COMES OUT TODAY!!! Go pick it up!) which has characters and the player questioning what the nature of the human heart is: good or evil. Anything that sprouts this kind of thought from the player, reader, listener, watcher, etc MUST be considered art if we're also going to put "It's getting hot in here" in the category. Once again, sorry to Nelly or any Nelly fangirls or boys.
I don't know though, maybe I'm just crazy. I'm not going to pretend like my word is the word of God or like everything I say goes. Maybe there's something to get out of reading between the lines of those songs and I'm just missing it. You tell me:
So I put my hands up
They’re playing my song,
And the butterflys fly away
Noddin’ my head like yea
Movin my hips like yea
I got my hands up,
They’re playin my song
I know im gonna be ok
Yea, It's a party in the USA
Yea, It's a party in the USA
Get to the club in my taxi cab
Everybody's lookin at me now
Like “whos that chick, thats rockin’ kicks?
She gotta be from out of town”
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I hate Miley Cyrus firstly. If her music is art, than any video game regardless of what system it's on should be considered art. It's frustrated that many believe that games aren't art as they define it. Developers and artists had to draw the environments, the characters, writers had to make the storyline and the dialog, and if that isn't considered art, then I don't know what is.
ReplyDeleteI agree, that anything that Square-Enix makes is art. Just the storyline of these massive RPGs are like novels that we sit and read. It's literature in a game and it's actually pretty good.
First I'd like to say, wow I have never even heard that Miley Cyrus song before but those lyrics scare me. Also I see and agree with what it is that you are saying. I have always felt that video games was an art form. It changes people way at looking at things as well as being a creative outlet for the designers innovation.
ReplyDeleteYes! Someone said it! I dislike Miley Cyrus quite a lot too. If she is an artist, video games are art also. I think video games are not considered art because they are a new medium. Think about rock music, it was considered "devil music", certainly not art. But now most everyone considers Elvis an artist whether they enjoy his music or not.
ReplyDeleteI agree a game that makes us question our own actions or gives us a meaning in life to think about or even question our exsistance should be classified as art, even if a crappy song like that is going to be lumped in with the great artists of our time.
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