The Art of Videogames

The Art of Videogames explores how philosophy of the arts
theories developed to address traditional art works can also be
applied to videogames.

• Presents a unique philosophical approach to the art of
  videogaming, situating videogames in the framework of analytic
  philosophy of the arts

• Explores how philosophical theories developed to address
  traditional art works can also be applied to videogames

• Written for a broad audience of both philosophers and videogame
  enthusiasts by a philosopher who is also an avid gamer

• Discusses the relationship between games and earlier artistic
  and entertainment media, how videogames allow for interactive
  fiction, the role of game narrative, and the moral status of
  violent events depicted in videogame worlds

• Argues that videogames do indeed qualify as a new and exciting
  form of representational art

Auteur
Grant Tavinor is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand. He has published articles on videogames in the journal Philosophy and Literature and has been playing videogames for as long as he can remember.

Résumé
The Art of Videogames explores how philosophy of the arts theories developed to address traditional art works can also be applied to videogames.

• Presents a unique philosophical approach to the art of videogaming, situating videogames in the framework of analytic philosophy of the arts
• Explores how philosophical theories developed to address traditional art works can also be applied to videogames
• Written for a broad audience of both philosophers and videogame enthusiasts by a philosopher who is also an avid gamer
• Discusses the relationship between games and earlier artistic and entertainment media, how videogames allow for interactive fiction, the role of game narrative, and the moral status of violent events depicted in videogame worlds
• Argues that videogames do indeed qualify as a new and exciting form of representational art

Contenu
Acknowledgments. 1 The New Art of Videogames.

2 What Are Videogames Anyway?

3 Videogames and Fiction.

4 Stepping into Fictional Worlds.

5 Games through Fiction.

6 Videogames and Narrative.

7 Emotion in Videogaming.

8 The Morality of Videogames.

9 Videogames as Art.

Glossary.

References.

Index.