Museums also combine mediums of many different art forms,...
Bioshock is a work of art
Video games do combine mediums of many different art forms. Museums also combine mediums of many different art forms, because of this should we call museums art? No. My point is that video games may have artistic mediums inside them, but the video game is not an art form itself. Art- the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. http://dictionary.reference.com... My opponent says that saving the Little Sisters gave you an emotional high. Emotions based on moral values and sympathy and similar feelings. These have nothing to do with aesthetic values. Just because the situation inside the game gives you feelings of pity and sympathy, these feelings have nothing to do with aesthetic principles. My opponent states "the emotions are directed towards ourselves, feeling either good or bad about what we do." Moral decisions have nothing to do with aesthetics or art. The argument that the experience of the game were self-directed just goes farther to prove my case. In art, the maker transfers his emotions to the audience. Once someone interacts with the art and makes their own decisions which create their own seperate emotions, they are not recieving the maker's emotions. Once you actively change the art, it then stops being art. My opponent says the game is linear, but if he has to make choices and has options that affect the result, then it is not linear any longer. If a game is nonlinear, then it gives the audience options and these options then affect the result of the game, then it is no longer art. I realize my first argument was quite weak, but I was tired and decided to just raise a simple argument rather than rebut.