[game_edu] Are games art?

[Chris Linford]

I have a student planning this as a major project at the moment.
It is a great subject so please keep me in the loop and I will pass on where we are next academic year.

Thanks

Chris
Head of Digital Media
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From: game_edu-bounces at igda.org [game_edu-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Beth Aileen Dillon [beth.a.dillon at gmail.com]
Sent: 08 July 2008 21:15
To: IGDA Game Education Listserv
Subject: [game_edu] Are games art?

I thought someone here might want to debate on this topic! Chris Crawford recently responded to 'Are games art?' on Notes on Game Dev. I'd love to get everyone else's take on this matter, especially given Crawford's general view on industry. "In other computing industries, the size of a program is measured by the number of lines of code; in the games industry, it is measured by the number of newbies you burn out during the project."

Are we educating students to send them off to burn out or is there a hope to foster creative input?

See http://gamedev.sessions.edu/special/art/ for posting comments.

- Beth

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Beth Aileen Dillon
PhD Student, Simon Fraser University
School of Interactive Arts and Technology
Research Assistant, Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace
http://www.bethadillon.com