The debate is over...

[Izuno]

...about whether games are art...at least according to the US National Endowment of the Arts which basically says "yes, games are art."

http://arts.endow.gov/grants/apply/AIM- ... ation.html

FY 2012 ARTS IN MEDIA GUIDELINES

The Arts in Media category seeks to make the excellence and diversity of the arts widely available to the American public through the national distribution of innovative media projects about the arts and media projects that can be considered works of art.

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The Arts in Media builds on the success of The Arts on Radio and Television. All project types that were previously eligible remain eligible. In addition, the expanded category now includes:

All available media platforms such as the Internet, interactive and mobile technologies, digital games, arts content delivered via satellite, as well as on radio and television.

Media projects that can be considered works of art.

Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of innovative media projects about the arts (e.g., visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, folk & traditional arts, and media arts including film, audio, animation, and digital art) and media projects that can be considered works of art.

Projects may include high profile multi-part or single television and radio programs (documentaries and dramatic narratives); media created for theatrical release; performance programs; artistic segments for use within an existing series; multi-part webisodes; installations; and interactive games. Short films, five minutes and under, will be considered in packages of three or more.

Grants generally will range from $10,000 to $200,000, based on the platform and the complexity and scope of the project.

The application deadline date is September 1, 2011, for projects that may start on May 1, 2012, or any time thereafter.

[jaboo224]

suck it ebert

[arhurt]

Damn it... now what are we going to debate about every few months....

[Serenius]

I never realized this was a valid debate. It always seemed more of an opinion fest.

[Taylor]

http://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?showtopic=216012

[e-freak]

The only thing this changes: Tax Relief in the states and visa grant for non US-Citizens working in the Games Industry trying to migrate to the US.

Everything else is blaaaah blaaaah blaaaah :science: blaaaaah

[Puddy]

But...

is porn art?

[AlexM]

it also means people can apply for art grants to make video games

[twiz]

lol that is actually hilarious. "baneful"

[Izuno]

and gone.

Please continue meaningful discussion.

[insta]

The floor is open, ready-set-debate!

[Sentura]

suck it ebert

[Taylor]

and gone.

Please continue meaningful discussion.

But there’s nothing to discuss! The debate is over! Now we’ll be able to read a website like the Gamasutra design section and system and level designers won’t find their, presumably primitive, subjects side-lined for endless open-questions and conclusion-lacking articles on advancing the medium through art and diegetic narratives and believable characters. Finally, there will be a single article on authoring fun mechanics and loops, breaking them down into parts, and overseeing their implementation and later iteration. Just you watch.