Digital games- But Are They Art?

How does Adams define art? Do you agree with his defintion?
According to Adasm, what is needed for videogames to be considered as art?

According Adams, he defined art as" has content, an aethetic, contains ideas, makes you feel things,is not formulaic, has utility and Saleability." Well, i think it's true for art to have combinations of above points or characteristics. I especially agree that the art should make you feel things. You share expressions withe artists through thae artwork, you will comment on the work whether it is good or bad, based on the feeling of things, rathr than based on others' ideas and comments. To bring new creation of techiques or contents, art cannot be formulaic with rules and restrictions. Otherwise, the artwork become boring or the evulated work of previous one. People want to see different and new art rather than the standardized work.

To be the art form, according to Adams, videogames should not be affected by popular culture. Art needs not have Interactivity since creating real art of computer games is hard to achieve in reality. The videogames should have messages or themes to let players discover new things throughout the game. It helps lead to "a non-linguistic expression of a feeling". I qute agree that to become art in videogames, they should have special themes or outlines, so as to achieve "Art Makes You Feel Things". Giving the theme can also provide players the purpose of playing this game or have a deeper understanding and knowlege in the videogames. From Sim City, we know that because of economic prosperity, the character needs to take certain action to achieve the goals. However, i don't agree that popular culture cannot be the art form, as sometimes popular culture can also be art at the same time. Bansky, who is famous for his graffiti's paintings, his work is also classified as popular culture as well as art work. So in videogames, it can also include both popular culture and art work at the same time. I alo think of the painting games that i played when i was child. I put a click on the color, then click the particular area, the selected color is filler in that area. This painting game, in my point of view, can consider real art. It just depends on how the game designer design the game.

Reference:
Ernest W. Adams, “Will Computer Games Ever Be a Legitimate Art Form”. In Clarke and Mitchell (eds), Videogames and Art, 255-264