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Originally Posted by BigDaddyCool
That is not a definition. What is your definition of art? What sorts of criteria does a work have to meet to be art? You can't say what ever I deem as art is art because that is meaningless are your argument is null.
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I didn't really understand the end of your comment, however I will take it as artistic expression... I would actually say your argument is null. Art IS whatever the person decides it is. Art is an expression of an idea/thought/emotion. People do this in many ways. There is no one definition of what qualifies as art and what doesn't. That is what makes art, art! Maybe you just don't understand what art truly is?? I know I can look at many pieces of art and say to myself that it is garbage, however the person next to me can think it is the greatest piece of art he has ever seen. Trying to contain art in a definition doesn't really work. It is like trying to contain certain emotions to words. Words cannot always express an emotion, however someone can say write a poem and in a work of "art" try to express that emotion. I would say most game developers try to express something in their work. Maybe they do a shitty job at doing it. Maybe they use previous ideas. Do companies try to make money? Well yeah, that is the point of most businesses in a free market. You cannot run a company unless you are bringing in a profit. How many times in the last year have we seen this? You may have a company that truly doesn't care about the money and only the product. How long do you think they will last? However, it takes a lot more than a CEO to make a game. To say that not one person who helped create a game did not try to express something in the game is pretty ignorant. Even in a game that has been done a million times, I am sure there is at least one person who is doing his best to express an idea. To create a piece of art.
I really think you are trying too hard on this. You obviously don't have a very ARTistic mind!