Yeah, that blurry line about what is and isn't art is why we focused so much on dada. Is a urinal art? Is it art when you lay it sideways, sign it, and submit it to a gallery?
Certainly there are artistic pieces in many games — my personal take is that there can be art in the setup and structure of the game, even discounting things like art assets. Someone sat down and made a bunch of intentional decisions about the specific way a given game was to be experienced and perceived by its players, and that creates a relationship between the designer and the player which I would generally categorize as art to some extent.
Yeah, that blurry line about what is and isn't art is why we focused so much on dada. Is a urinal art? Is it art when you lay it sideways, sign it, and submit it to a gallery?
Certainly there are artistic pieces in many games — my personal take is that there can be art in the setup and structure of the game, even discounting things like art assets. Someone sat down and made a bunch of intentional decisions about the specific way a given game was to be experienced and perceived by its players, and that creates a relationship between the designer and the player which I would generally categorize as art to some extent.