2010年10月10日 星期日

Videogames - But Are They Art?

A. Key Quotes
- 'Many computer games belong in category of literary arts with movies and television because they do contain elements of narrative, and their narrative elements can be subjectied to the same criticism as other narrative arts.' (Will Computer Games Ever Be A Legitimate Art From, Ernest W. Adams)

- 'Art is that it is aesthetic, it has rules for determining beauty and ugliness...Some of this apply to games also and there are distinct aesthetic qualities of games, such as "replayability", that may not apply to more conventional art forms.' (Will Computer Games Ever Be A Legitimate Art From, Ernest W. Adams)

- 'Art is to pass on cultural values from one generation to the next, to serve a sort of moral purpose.' (What Is Art?, Leo Tolstoy, 1986)

- 'As stated previously, unlike chess and gymnastics, the playing of video games has not been proposed as a candidate for art status.' (Are Video Games Art?, Aaron Smuts, 2005)

- 'Real art through computer games is achievable, but it will never be achieved so long as we have no path to understanding. We need to establish our principles of aesthetics, a framework for criticism, and a model for development.' (The Art of Computer Game Design, Chris Crawford)

B. Key Links

1. 10 Video Games That Should Be Considered Modern Art

2. Are Video Game Art?

3. Video game: a popular culture

4. Art Game: an introduction

C. Key Articles

1.    Will Computer Games Ever Be A Legitimate Art From, Ernest W. Adams
(Relevant to my topic)
2.    The Art of Computer Game Design, Chris Crawford 3. What Is Art?, Leo Tolstoy
(Give some characteristics of the definitions pf art)
3.    Are Video Games Art?, Aaron Smuts
(Look easy to be understood)
4.    Cracking the maze, Anne-Marie Schleiner
(Seem to be focused mainly on one digital game, Untitled Game)
5.    Art Game: an Introduction, Kristine Ploug
(Look easy to be understood)

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