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Message: [QUOTE="Sinmenon, post: 191554, member: 3614"] Like any movie, book, or even artwork, some works can be made for the purpose of creation itself, transmitting an emotion or a feeling, and causing a reaction in the audience; which is art. But some work are created for the only purpose of generating capital, which can be slop. Besides, art and capitalism aren't mutually exclusive. For example, Leonardo da Vinci was a keen businessman who also did all sorts of commissions; Johannes Vermeer, famous for "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and "The Milkmaid" among others, was an art dealer. When I did game design, we had Business 101 and the lecturer told us that, as much as we want to keep doing what we love....We might actually do a few cash cows to finance the projects we do want to work in. Not many people go into making a game for the sole purpose of making bank...But paying the bills is nice. Now for remakes...Depends on the remakes. Some are cash grabs, like the gazillion versions of Skyrim or The Last of Us. But some can be art or at least respectful of the original version. For example, Dark Souls. Let's give a few movie examples, as movies are often considered "art": the famous "The Thing" from 1982 is a remake of a 1951 movie called "The Thing from Another World". Scarface, another famous movie classic from 1983, is a remake of a 1932 film. 2007's 3:10 to Yuma is a remake of a 1957 one. tl;dr : games can be art, but also disposable slop like any other media we consider art nowadays [/QUOTE]

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