IAT 210
Introduction to Game Studies
Week 13: Video Games as Art
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IAT 210
Introduction to Game Studies
Week 13: Video Games as Art
Weekly Subjects Breakdown Week Date Main Subject 1 14-Jan-22 Introduction to Games and Game Studies 2 21-Jan-22 Game Culture 3 28-Jan-22 Game Mechanics and Design 4 4-Feb-22 Mechanics, Challenge and Flow 5 11-Feb-22 Introduction to Digital Games 6 18-Feb-22 Casual and Mobile Games 7 25-Feb- 8 4-Mar-22 Psychology of Gaming 9 11-Mar-22 The Business of Video Games 10 18-Mar-22 Narrative in Games 11 25-Mar-22 Gaming Communities 12 1-Apr-22 Serious Games 13 8-Apr-22 Art Games and Experimental Games
Part 1:
What is art?
What is art? “Art is what you see when you go to an art museum.”
- Allan Kaprow “Art is what you can get away with.”
- Marshall McLuhan
Entertainment or Art?
Entertainment
- Predictable Pleasure
- Fun/Distracting
- Formulaic
- Easy to experience
- Mass consumption
Art
- Personal Transformation
- Thought Provoking
- Innovative
- Challenging
- “Elite” Audience
Are Games Art?
- User Experience / Enjoyment
- Game Mechanics
- Aesthetics
- Narrative
- Emotional Power
Usually, games described
as “artistic” apply at least
one of these categories
in unique ways.
Warning Number 1: While they might mean the same thing in everyday conversation, “Is this video game art?” does not mean: “Is this a great game?”
Warning Number 2: Do not confuse, “Video Game Art” With: “Video Games as Art”
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