LaneBrownArt.com :: Portfolio. GrafxBOX.com. Concept Art World. Alp Allen Altiner. Forums. Fuse Commentary: The Brave New World of Videogame Art » The Arts Fuse. So let’s steady that swaying hive, put down the poking stick, and take a deep breath. Games continue to evolve in creative, unexpected ways, and the mechanics of gameplay can form the basis of intriguing and thought-provoking works of art. By Margaret Weigel. Videogames as Art — Takayoshi Sato draws Oscar Wilde's Salome Can videogames be art? That question—along with “do videogames cause violent behavior?” And “will prolonged gameplay make me go blind?” —is as old as (the original) Tron itself.
The resulting buzz from the blogosphere was deafening. Although I didn’t review all 160,000,000 citations, sentiments online clearly favor the position that games are indeed art. Game art can be enjoyed on its own or repurposed in other creative formats. If giving video game music a laser show/Mozart makeover isn’t art, I’m not sure what is. Lin Ran's The Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was — one of the winning images in the 2007 Into the Pixel competition.