Web resources and links for more on arguments.

Arguments For Links

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/a-journey-to-make-video-games-into-art (HIGH) Focuses on the game Journey
http://qideas.org/videos/the-art-of-video-gaming/ (Low) Discusses video games influence on culture, and video game writing
http://thegamedesignforum.com/features/can_videogames_be_art.html (low) Discusses Rules, Art, and Play
http://gamesided.com/2014/09/22/video-games-art-okay-awesome/

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2014/jan/08/video-games-art-and-the-shock-of-the-new#comment-30630384 (also read comments) (HIGH)

Arguments Against Links

http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/10/6101639/games-art Video games should not follow the path of art
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news240106kojimaart Hideo Kojima: video games are a service
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2012/nov/30/moma-video-games-art Art critic: games rob the inner response of the creator
http://kotaku.com/why-nintendo-says-it-doesnt-make-art-986738137
http://tale-of-tales.com/tales/OverGames.html Prominent “art game” developers decry need for new and more engaging ways for games to explore art
http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/29/games-are-not-art/
http://www.johnskylar.com/post/67011379882/stop-trying-to-call-video-games-art-it-insults
Video games are better than art
http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/video-games-can-never-be-art Roger Ebert’s last article on why video games are not art

Additional Links

http://www.psmag.com/culture/are-video-games-the-next-great-artform-58300/ (HIGH)
http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2014/10/03/video-games-as-art-is-the-label-necessary/#/slide/1 Please (also read comments) (HIGH)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_games_as_an_art_form (HIGH)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAs4Dy-lh8E (Med) Most artful video games, discusses aesthetics and authorship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GjKCnPQlSw Kelee Santiago’s foray into the question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2c0Y3GpjwA Smithsonian, the art of video games (voices of players)

Experimental Gameplay Project Blog for Game Developer’s Conference Experimental Gameplay Workshop; provides info on what they look for from experimental gameplay