Is it reasonable to consider computer games as art?

a) How does Adams define art? Do you agree with his definition?


According to Adams's " Will Computer Games Ever Be A Legitimate Art Form?", art should contain some moral values, but games are just activities.Also,art contains ideas,and  must have meanings.
We should consider if the focus is on how it's used this is not an art.Art has content and it has aestheic values.


I think the definition of Adam is quite clear.I think we can use it as references.But sometimes the definition changed from time to time.And "art"can be very different from different persons because of their experiences.I think an art must contain some meanings.


b) According to Adams, what is needed for videogames to be considered
as art?


I think videogames are new medium to us.Some people may not consider videogames as art.
From Adam's point of view,video games should contain formal beauty, ideas and contents.He said that art was a way which the artist communicate with the viewers.If we just have fun,and cannot learn anything from the games,the games cannot be regarded as an art.

References:Ernest W. Adams, “Will Computer Games Ever Be a Legitimate Art Form”. In Clarke and Mitchell (eds), Videogames and Art, 255-264.

   

Tilman Baumgärtel, “The Ludic Hack: explorations of computer games”. In Tom Corby (ed), Network Art: Practices and Positions, London and New York: Routledge, 2006, 57-67. 

  

Axel Stockburger, “From Appropriation to Approximation”. In Clarke and Mitchell (eds), Videogames and Art, 25-37. 

  

Anne-Marie Schleiner, “Cracking the Maze”. In Clarke and Mitchell (eds), 80-81.

Francis Hunger, “Perspective Engines: An Interview with JODI”. In Clarke and Mitchell, Videogames and Art, 152-159.