Games vs. R-Rated Movies

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Originally Posted by TrialSword

What you all seem to think is that art lies in the creative process, and that it needs to be inherently a human endeavor. Nobody thinks nature is art?

'Art' as we know it is more in perceiving it rather than creating it. Art is something that engages the human imagination, but stays just far away enough from total human comprehension that it KEEPS them wondering. One never comes to fully understand what they see and experience. Art being "understood" or mastered in any way defeats its purpose utterly. Truly, the greatest pieces of art, those that have withstood the test of time, are that way because they continue to engage the human imagination. Were it ever to be understood, interest in it would have dropped long ago.

Video games still have a ways to go in that sense. The very nature of these games is for you to master them, understand them so you can take advantage of your knowledge to complete them.

Art is inextricably linked to creativity; the artistry of nature is a beautiful argument for the existence of a Creator.

I believe art can be, if not mastered, certainly understood, or at the very least, comprehended. We can understand certain aspects of a piece of art even if we never fully grasp all its mysterious intricacies.