Video Games Can Be Art Summary

Video Games Can be Art

By: Charles George

I would have to disagree with Ebert's statement "that no video gamer now living will survive long enough to experience the medium as an art." I think that just like movies, books and paintings, some video games have the ability to immerse us into the surrounding atmosphere and make us feel as though we are part of the world it creates for us. Though some video games could be considered to be art and others not, we have to first decipher what it really means for something to be art. Throughout his column, Ebert throws around many different definitions of art, but art can be a very hard term to actually define. Since, I, myself cannot put a solid definition on art, due to the fact that I believe it is

Movies are widely considered to be art and Ebert, himself, being a movie critic, surely will not disagree with this notion.

The Witcher 3 has to be one of the best games I have ever played, and I would definitely consider it a piece of art. The Witcher 3 immerses you into the captivating world from the very beginning, the stunning graphics and great voice work make it as though you are actually there with the main character, Geralt. The way the bright morning sun reflects and glistens off of the steel plating of Geralt's armor and the footsteps of his horse so crisply heard, just slightly muffled by the grassy terrain shows such attention to detail and scenery that is unmatched. This video game is almost like a movie, because it tells a story for us, it takes you through the highs and lows of Geralt's life as he sets out in search of his daughter Ciri. This video game has a very particular way of expressing emotions as it tells its tale. An interesting thing about this game in particular is that you have many different dialogue options when speaking with people throughout the world, and every little interaction matters. The consequences of your choices can

These is no score in The Witcher 3, the way you can "win" the game is by progressing and experiencing the entire story line from start to finish, just as you watch a movie from beginning to end. The Witcher is more about progression and development of characters and the world around you, than something so cut and dry as a scoreboard. I think that to dismiss an entire medium of entertainment based on a handful of games that might be score centric is an outdated generalization; especially in today's world of gaming with titles such as the Witcher, The Fallout series and Red Dead Redemption, which all so masterfully tell their own stories without emphasis placed on a point