Answer by BradAisa
I don't think a game per se falls in the category of art as Ayn Rand defined it. But I think that the drawings and animations can be considered art. It is somewhat similar to an advertisement, which is...
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I don't think a game per se falls in the category of art as Ayn Rand defined it. But I think that the drawings and animations can be considered art. It is somewhat similar to an advertisement, which is...
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According to the Ayn Rand Lexicon, art is "a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist’s metaphysical value-judgments", so to the extent that a computer game does that or allows you to do...
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I don't consider games to be art--even role-playing games that have a strong storyline to them (such as the Final Fantasy series). They do have a strong artistic and aesthetic component to them. But...
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I want to defend the argument that video games can be works of art. Unfortunately, the term "video game" refers to a broad range of games, from classic arcade games like Pong to the latest role-playing...
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As Brandon says, above, narratives can be art. And video games often have narratives. But does this make these video games (the more artful ones) art? I'd say that just because a creation incorporates...
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