Are videogames art?

[mlmooney89]

Some games can be considered art, while other games cannot, the same way not every book or movie is art.

I am half on board with you. Half on because I think some games are more worthy of being called art just like some books and some paintings while others aren't.

There have been games that have literally made my jaw drop at how beautiful they are.
There have been games that have pulled me into the storyline so far I had withdrawls from not playing it.
There have been games that have made me laugh, cry, get angry.

Beauty, emotions, and depth is what art is to me and some games have it while others don't.

Half off because I think about a child painting a picture and we still call it artwork. I think anything creative could loosely be called art. That is where you have to define which version of "art" you mean. If we are talking most common then I agree with your original statement.

[GrandizerII]

For me, it depends on the game. Some seem like art to me, while others do not.

It's like the difference between a classic porn movie like "Deep Throat" and the more modern "College Babes the 112456th sequel"

[CapnAwesome]

Of course. Some of them have amazing graphic art.

I would say they are all art, some are just bad art.

[Fake Messiah]

I guess some video games are art since they can make art out of anything, like balls of dust, so why not video games?