Video Games as Art : : A Communication-Oriented Perspective on the Relationship between Gaming and the Art / / Frank G. Bosman, Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen.

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• VerfasserIn: Bosman, Frank G.,; van Wieringen, Archibald L.H.M.,
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Video Games and the Humanities , 12
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 115 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1 Artists and Developers: The Utilitarian- Inspirational Domain --; 2 Curators and Visitors: The Practical-Consensual Domain --; 3 Legislators and Politicians: The Juridical- Political Domain --; 4 Thinkers and Doubters: The Theoretical- Conceptual Domain --; Conclusions --; Index of Video Games --; Index of Authors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110731019; 9783110766820; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110992960; 9783110992939
• ISSN: 2700-0400
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110731019
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Frank G. Bosman, Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen.

Video games are a relative late arrival on the cultural stage. While the academic discipline of game studies has evolved quickly since the nineties of the last century, the academia is only beginning to grasp the intellectual, philosophical, aesthetical, and existential potency of the new medium. The same applies to the question whether video games are (or are not) art in and on themselves. Based on the Communication-Oriented Analysis, the authors assess the plausibility of games-as-art and define the domains associted with this question.