You explain that video games possess many of the same attributes that one finds in other media typically regarded as art. As their name implies, video games display visuals, which adhere to the same principles of composition as do other visual arts, such as painting, drawing, and photography. Video games typically have accompanying soundtracks, which add an element of musicality to the medium. Video game typically depict narratives, as do other media. At the end of the day, you assert, video games employ every mode of expression that film does but with the added element of interactivity. And since you know that Pinehurst believes that film is an art form, you say that, if he accepts films in his department, he should also accept video games.
“But films and video games are different,” he says. “Sure, they’re similar in some respects, but someone playing a game affects that game, obviously. So, what someone playing a video game experiences isn’t really the vision of its creators; it’s really more like the creation of the player.”
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