[Are Video Games Art?]

Whenever a new art medium peeks its way into the public consciouness; critical examination of the medium is crucial to its success. Photogrphy and moving pictures have been the two most recent major artistic innovations. The exploration of both of these art practices brought culture new ways to create, examine, represent, and express. Within the last decade more and more artists started using computational technology to create their art. Early digital works were generally heavily influenced by science and mathematics. Today the most prevelant form of digital media being created is in the form of video games. Certainly video games fall under the category of entertainment. However there is some controversy over whether video games can be considered art. I suggest that video games can be considered art and that the medium offers many artistic possibilities simply not present in other mediums.