Video Games Can Never Be Art -Ebert

[DarkMaster]

Hey guys, maybe an actual video game developer knows more about this topic than we do.

Hideo Kojima said: "The thing is, art is something that radiates the artist, the person who creates that piece of art. If 100 people walk by and a single person is captivated by whatever that piece radiates, it's art. But videogames aren't trying to capture one person. A videogame should make sure that all 100 people that play that game should enjoy the service provided by that videogame. It's something of a service. It's not art. But I guess the way of providing service with that videogame is an artistic style, a form of art."

[Typhoid]

Phf, what does Kojima know.

[uber_paddler]

Originally Posted by DarkMaster

Hey guys, maybe an actual video game developer knows more about this topic than we do.

Hideo Kojima said: "The thing is, art is something that radiates the artist, the person who creates that piece of art. If 100 people walk by and a single person is captivated by whatever that piece radiates, it's art. But videogames aren't trying to capture one person. A videogame should make sure that all 100 people that play that game should enjoy the service provided by that videogame. It's something of a service. It's not art. But I guess the way of providing service with that videogame is an artistic style, a form of art."

I dunno that I agree with you on the assumption that he's more qualified than anyone else to make such a determination. In the end his view largely comes down to his own personal interpretation on what "art" is. Not that I'm trying to say he's wrong, I don't care whether games are considered art or not.

[Dylflon]

Originally Posted by DarkMaster

Hey guys, maybe an actual video game developer knows more about this topic than we do.

Hideo Kojima said: "The thing is, art is something that radiates the artist, the person who creates that piece of art. If 100 people walk by and a single person is captivated by whatever that piece radiates, it's art. But videogames aren't trying to capture one person. A videogame should make sure that all 100 people that play that game should enjoy the service provided by that videogame. It's something of a service. It's not art. But I guess the way of providing service with that videogame is an artistic style, a form of art."

This doesn't deny the potential of games to be art. He's saying that games made today are more of a service than an art.


Saying games made today aren't art and games can never be art are two very different arguments.