Much has been said about whether video games count as art or not. People commonly point to games like Braid or Bioshock as examples of video games that qualify as pieces of art. While I agree with this classification, I have the belief that most people (especially non-gamers) look at these games and see them as art because of their stories or their visual style. However, these are traits that can be found in most other forms of media. Bioshock could certainly have worked as a film. What I would like to discuss right now are the qualities that video games bring to the art world that are not found in other types of art.
This is a bit difficult, since everyone has a different definition of the word art. What I'll focus on is a key aspect of art: the communication of emotions to a person through the art object.
