Video Games as Art

October 27 2011, 3:59pm

The PBS short documentary Off Book PBS Arts presents Video Games examines the significance of video games as an artistic medium. Running roughly 7 minutes long, the documentary features NYU’s Eric Zimmerman, game designer and researcher Jesper Juul, Kotaku contributor Leigh Alexander, and Babycastles curator and designer Syed Salahuddin.

About Off Book: Video Games “Video games are important. They are a storytelling medium, a place for self-expression, a sandbox for the human imagination, and an extension of an ages old tradition of gaming. We play out some of the most essential aspects of our culture in games, and we learn more about ourselves and the world around us in the process. From the powerful cinematic experiences of mainstream gaming, to the hyper-personal environments of indie games, we are in the midst of an explosion of gaming activity that, as some predict, will continue to define the way we live and interact with information, and each other, far into the future.” What type of video game are you drawn to? What type of video game best represents art to you? Source: Kotaku, PBS Off Book