Will video games make the leap to art?
Local firm, Micro Forte, and founder John De Margheriti featured in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald’s weekend edition Spectrum liftout (September 2-3, 2006). The Article, Art of the Game, considered whether video games will ever transcend the realm of entertainment to become works of art.
The article points out that “not much difference can be observed between the methods of making games and animated films. A games design team, with its director, producer, artists and programmers, looks strikingly similar to the teams toiling at the Pixar or Dreamworks animation studios on films such as Cars and Madagascar. Some of the artists and programmers cross between the industries.”
For anyone interested in reading the full article, ScreenACT has a copy in its office.
Editor’s note: On a related theme, GameSpot UK reports that, at a launch event held by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for the British Academy Video Games Awards 2006, the chairman of BAFTA, Hilary Bevan-Jones, said that the expansion of the video game awards to the level of their prestigious counterparts in film and television was a recognition that “this art form has truly come of age”. The full article can be viewed at: http://au.gamespot.com/news/6157048.html?sid=6157048∂=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6157048
The article points out that “not much difference can be observed between the methods of making games and animated films. A games design team, with its director, producer, artists and programmers, looks strikingly similar to the teams toiling at the Pixar or Dreamworks animation studios on films such as Cars and Madagascar. Some of the artists and programmers cross between the industries.”
For anyone interested in reading the full article, ScreenACT has a copy in its office.
Editor’s note: On a related theme, GameSpot UK reports that, at a launch event held by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for the British Academy Video Games Awards 2006, the chairman of BAFTA, Hilary Bevan-Jones, said that the expansion of the video game awards to the level of their prestigious counterparts in film and television was a recognition that “this art form has truly come of age”. The full article can be viewed at: http://au.gamespot.com/news/6157048.html?sid=6157048∂=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6157048