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 (DIR) Post #2454647 by RedBard@scholar.social
       2018-12-30T22:39:38Z
       
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       Here's an open discussion thread relevant to my field: If you believe that video games are art (as I do), what is it about them that makes them art to you?
       
 (DIR) Post #2454648 by KevSaund@icosahedron.website
       2018-12-30T23:42:15Z
       
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       @RedBard I take a (maybe) stranger view, video games are art because my definition of art is incredibly broad. Most things are art. And then there’s the unexamined (by me anyway) idea that the question itself asks, which is one of quality. Does putting video games into the category of art make them better somehow? It seems some people think so.
       
 (DIR) Post #2454649 by RedBard@scholar.social
       2018-12-31T02:39:43Z
       
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       @KevSaund I think it may be less a question of whether artistic status makes them better - they're the same game whether you say it's art or not - but rather whether that status makes them more worthy of being seriously examined. In other words - is there a difference between "art" which is to be analyzed seriously, and "game" which is to be played casually, or can the two statuses coexist? To be poetic: should art be played and games critiqued?