>>715009358
>most games are technically functional
Art itself does not require it to be functional. Making video games require you to fundamentally be a programmer first ergo, is programming Fine Art? If it is, video games is intrinsically art then, but it clearly isn't. Like I've already said as an example, draftmanship is not art. It's is what it is used to convey art. The conveyence is where the art is.

>>715009618
I'm not saying video can't be art, I'm saying they're more works of craft than they are art. Arts & craft go hand in hand but they are fundamentally separate. Things like weaving, pottery, embroidery are all crafts made by craftsmen which can be used to convey art. Those media are much closer analogues to what a video game is. A very intricate piece of pottery.

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