This has come up before. And like before I linked http://www.americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/ The Smithsonian American Art Museum thinks video games are art and I definitely agree.

haha nice one you just pwned his ass

and yes its art, just look at those armors

is this art.....? is this art...? hhhmmm.... i'm going to stick my neck on the line for this one and say its a GAME!

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your on a roll another naab pwned

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actually all human made "stuff" are a form of "art" because basically we were not meant to make chairs, or cups, or cars, or PC, or anything else for that matter.

the difference between us and the beasts is not that we know good from evil, or that we can talk, its because we can make art....

bingo

No.

Maybe. I don't know, I haven't played it yet. Judging from the screenshots and trailers, the models/textures and the general atmosphere are aesthetically pleasing, but that doesn't necessarily mean the game itself and as a whole is art, imho :shrug:
For now, yes I do like the "artistic" assets of skyrim that we've been shown so far, so that's a start

As a technical writer by trade, I often see "artistry" when I read a well-written or well-organized manual. Others wouldn't, and so the art isn't there for them. I see art as very subjective, as it relies on our individual aesthetics. Thus, I don't think anything can be entirely excluded from the realm of "art."

i'm just getting started.... http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1226939-skyrim-and-the-meaning-of-life/page__p__18491932__fromsearch__1#entry18491932.

Yes.

Maybe?

is skyrim a game?

Yes, but is Skyrim http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1228229-is-skyrim-just-a-game/page__st__200__p__18540725__fromsearch__1#entry18540725 a game?

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," it is said. In my opinion, although presented as a game, Skyrim is indeed a combined art from, derived from a variety of recognized artistic venues.

Yes it most definitely is.

Artists create visual art - Skyrim has all kinds of different artists working on it, from hand-drawn concepts to digitally rendered media.

Writers create art using creative and descriptive words - Skyrim has creative writers working on it.

Animation is a form of art - Skyrim has animations conveying emotion in the form of body language through its various inhabitants.

Acting is an art form - Skyrim has hired over 70 voice actors to convey vocal emotion and diversity through the animated characters on the screen.

Music is an obvious form of art - Skyrim has hours of in-game music composed by the illustrious Jeremy Soule

No too mention, there are in game artists, writers, bards, paintings, books, ancient Dwemer, Daedric and Ayleid artifacts and constructs and Sun Tzu would even go so far as stating that combat and war are art forms playing out with the battlefield as the canvas.

In a nutshell, I'd say Skyrim is art, many times over.

I'm not sure how anyone would think a beautiful world done by artists first then programmed into animation complete with forests, mountains, snow, fog, flowers, animals, moon and stars and even the aurora made into a story written by writers and voiced by talented actors could be anything but art. :shrug:

Seeing as how everything that one likes is labeled "Art" around here, I'll go and artfully play Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon and Pacman.

Damn right it is ART!!

I mean being a artist of drawing and writing well KINDA I consider this game to be ART, almost all games are, books are art, music/movies/anime is art, games are ART!

That is how I see it, if it can make me show emotion, more than a random TV show can than I declare it art for having that type of power of me!

Alot of anime i watch, i still consider it ART forms because it was drawn than done on a computer, (like video games) and worked on for who knows how long before it became animated, those people but their time and money and heart into making something enjoyable and if it has done that than I consider it art.

ART
# The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power

* - the art of the Renaissance
* - great art is concerned with moral imperfections
* - she studied art in Paris


# Works produced by such skill and imagination

* - his collection of modern art
* - an exhibition of Mexican art
* - an art critic


# Creative activity resulting in the production of paintings, drawings, or sculpture

* - she's good at art


# The various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance

* - the visual arts
* - the art of photography


# Subjects of study primarily concerned with the processes and products of human creativity and social life, such as languages, literature, and history (as contrasted with scientific or technical subjects)

* - the belief that the arts and sciences were incompatible
* - the Faculty of Arts


# A skill at doing a specified thing, typically one acquired through practice

* - the art of conversation