Are Games Art?

Here we consider the query: Are games art, in deep detailShow more

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Cliff Notes:

00:06 Introduction

00:26 Are Games Art?
00:38 What is Art?
01:36 What is a Game?
02:06 Games and Engagement
03:16 Gamification through Goals
04:13 Gamifying the Walk to Work
05:37 Good and Bad Engagement
06:12 Negative and Positive Play Experience
06:43 Negative Play Experience
07:41 Novelty through Variation
08:31 Restatement of Games Definitions
08:41 Comparing Art and Games Definitions
09:54 Art Can Simply Express Feeling
10:17 A Blue Example
11:28 Games Often Express Feelings and Themes
11:57 Playground Games
12:28 Expression Through Freedom of Play
13:20 Games as an Avenue of Expression
13:39 Baseball: An Artistic Medium
15:15 Are Artistic Tools Art Themselves
16:01 The Art of Manufacture
16:42 Sports Games As Art
17:56 Personalized Play As Art
18:29 Video Games and Board Games
19:20 Board Games and Theming
19:33 Games Without Theming
19:55 Stylized Expression of Rules
20:49 Board Games as Art
21:00 Thematic Context
22:08 Rules Accentuating Expression
22:29 Expression Needn't be Deep
23:15 Video Games as Art
24:43 Conjuring Fun
25:13 Hideo Messaging
25:30 Metal Slug and Simple Expression
26:29 Games Can Just be Fun
27:07 Games Allow Experience Based Expression
27:47 Meaningless Games Have Value

28:38 The Answer

28:52 Wrap Up
29:31 Sign Off