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A misunderstood masterpiece of mainstream political art.
ScrambledGregs:
I do think video games can be art, but *if* GTA is art, then it's not the kind of art I want to use to convince the skeptical that video games can be art.
Will:
--- Quote from: Rubby on 25 Dec 2006, 05:25 ---No one seems to remember those old GTA games where it was an overhead view and it was only for PC.
Remember those?
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You can actually download the full version of these games for free from Rockstar's website if you go to their downloads page.
I don't think this franchise is a masterpiece. I think it's brilliant on several different levels, and misunderstood, sure, but I can't call it a masterpiece.
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 25 Dec 2006, 20:57 ---I do think video games can be art, but *if* GTA is art, then it's not the kind of art I want to use to convince the skeptical that video games can be art.
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If GTA is not art, then it is an art gallery in which the work of 3D modellers, texture artists, voice actors, script-writers, animators and so on is displayed. Which would you rather? I wouldn't call pong or space invaders art: they're pure games. However, by this point in the history of computer games, like the early evolution of film from things like Train Pulling In To a Station, we have arrived at a sophisticated medium combining the work of multiple creative proffessionals, capable of providing a coherent commentary on the world.
The mistake people often make with art is assuming that for something to actually be 'art' it has to be something of a high standard. Not true. The line-drawings in a childrens colouring book are as much art as the Mona Lisa.
mqarcus:
Well, that arises the question - can you generally call video games art? Are all video games art? Are all movies art?
KharBevNor:
To answer the last question, yes. If photographs are art, and they are, then how the shit can a film not be art?
To answer the first, no. Not all computer games are art. Some are just games spruced up with art. It's probably not until the SNES era where I'd really start to call computer games art.
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