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Posted by: WitchDocktor
Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
There are many artistic elements that go into play such as story, soundtrack, environmental design, etc., and many developers go through several art courses to make these games come to life.
The actual game play shouldn't be considered art even if it is an artistic game (i.e. drawn to life). However, the things I mentioned above should be judged on artistic merit.
There are many beautifully rendered, scored, and designed games out there. What if the gameplay is something that makes you think, and be creative, like Portal? (portal is in the exhibit, by the way.)
I'm not necessarily qualified to make an objectively definitive set of criteria to judge video games on their artistic merit, so the above was just my opinion. I wouldn't consider gameplay to be artistic in any way even if it were art based, so I find it odd that Portal is in the exhibit. Maybe they're judging its concept on originality, which could be considered artistic criteria.
[Edited on 11.29.2012 5:56 PM PST]