November 30, 2005 11:41 am
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Recently it has come to my attention that famed film critic, Roger Ebert does not consider video games to be a form of art. And after a little searching it turns out that lots of people do not see video games as art. They consider paintings, literature, films, and ever comic books to be art, but not video games.
Why don't they see video games as art? Because of what they are - video games. Nothing but childish toys. Not on the same level as movies or literatures.
I call bullcrap. A lot of the games I've played have far surpassed anything I've seen in a movie or read in a book. A lot of the visuals I've witnessed in games like characters, and scenery were more 'artful' than some of the crap I see on the big screen. The story telling in some video games is better than stories I've read in books or saw in movies.
Take the Half-Life story for instance. The Half-Life games are (in my opinion) some of the best video games ever created. And it's not just 'good graphics' that make the game, but its amazing story and story telling techniques; the supporting characters; and even the landscape that you walk through.
Check out my Half-Life site and see its story >> My Half-Life Thoughts and Theories.
Also check out some of my video game screen shots in my gallery here >> Video Game Screens.
Looking at these pictures I see a form of art - a form of art that is on the same level as films. Now, I'm not saying films, literature, etc are not forms of art, because they are. But to say video games are not art or not on the same level is ridiculous. Some games now a days take hundreds of people and millions of dollars to develop and produce, just like movies. I'd say video games are on the same level.
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