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You know what really grinds my gears?
The Faux-Bot \| 3:18 PM on 02.22.2008	8 comments

I saw a headline for another article about the whole 'Are Games Art?' thing today. This is easily one of the most futile debates ever. Who cares? Does being classed as 'art' some how legitamise the medium? As if one day we'll wake up and suddenly games are no longer mere entertainment tools, but works of art and instantly our views on them will be changed. It's ridiculous to think that anyone has the power to suddenly decide that any medium should be classed as 'art'. No-one has the right to tell me what is and what isn't.

To whoever has decided to elect themselves as the worldwide minister for culture:

Go fuck yourself, we don't require your validation.

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8 comments | showing # 1 to 8

JoshDunford

Amen!

Except for modern art. Because that's complete shit.

Just kidding :)

-JD

007

Gears of War, where is it?

DaedHead8

All art forms can be considered entertainment so I don't consider the fight to get video games recognized as art futile at all.

Takeshi

F-art!!

Excel-2011

You know what really grinds my gears? People who still use that phrase.

Other than that, good show. Who cares about dumb old art anyway?

razerangel

Art is only what we percieve to be art, it is a subjective label only we can assign individually. If you think it is art then it is art in your reality, however these debates are designed to see if there is enough evidence of artful games to classify it in the mainstream as art, which as you say is pretty futile.

Count Grishnack

Who cares about any debate? We talk about it because it is interesting.

13thDragon

A gear grinder?

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