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Games Are Poetry

Added: 31.10.2014 6:11 | 3 views | 0 comments

Even in the face of mainstream scrutiny during the embarrassing, ongoing #gamergate debacle, theres an optimistic perspective from well-respected magazines and other publications that videogames are, despite all odds, an art form; a recent piece from The New Yorker concludes that games have a vibrant future, while the New York Times categorizes its video game articles online under both technology and arts. In reality, theres not much of an argument to put against the notion; art is, by definition, a creative work that affects its viewers, usually emotionallya response nearly unanimous upon the release of games like Bioshock, Journey, and The Last of Us. To take the argument one step further, Id assert that games are not just art, but poetry.