Games as art
So, I occasionally like to write what are, for lack of a better word, essays on subjects that I am passionate about. Games as something other than just a childish way to waste time is just such a subject. On the escapist forums there is currently a thread on this very subject, referencing a link that lists 10 such games. The list primarily mentions audio and visual aspects, and thus many posters are arguing that the list is therefore invalid. Admittedly, the list may be flawed, but that does not mean it is invalid. Some claim that art is subjective, and in a way they are correct, but isn't that less that something isn't art and more than you do not like that particular example of it? I hate most modern art, but that does not mean it is not art. I think, to describe art in the most objective way possible, it must use the medium in a way that is unique to the medium. That does not mean art has to be "original" or that it has to be the first to use the medium in this way