The question at hand is, are video games an art? I for one strongly disagree, for the solid fact that art, defined by Webster Dictionary is, "the use of skill and imagination in the production of things of beauty." A video game can be made by skill and imagination, but the overall result is an interactive toy. Calling video games art are like calling a toy, such as a rubix cube art. The creation of a video game can be artistic, but the game itself is not.

     There are many different forms of art such as music, poetry, writing, painting, and much more; they all have something in common. That something would be that they all are made from a person, or artist. Video games are simply made by big brand people who just want to sell the game and get money. I know what you're thinking, musicians do the same thing, but they don't. Musicians out together scores upon scores of music, they spend hours upon hours on lyrics, and take a very long time in the recording studio too make sure everything is just right. In video games however, glitches happen quite often and you see a hand go through a foot or anything along those lines. Art tries to be without as many flaws as possible, but video games are more flawed than most other things.

     What is artistic about video games is the background designer as well as musician. They are in charge of the colors and music used too put people more into the game. Those factors are the most, if not the only, forms of art in the whole game.

   All in all, I still believe video games aren't are for the lack of creativity, as well as the lack of time spent on editing. Like I said, the process is artist, but the ending result is not.