Why playing RPGs is art, and playing VGs isn't

[benlehman]

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[itsmrwilson.livejournal.com]

Ben, I agree. The art is what's created. The game itself can be art, but you can't make art by playing it.

You can make art by playing RPGs in the same way that you can make art by sitting around in a circle and telling a story.

[itsmrwilson.livejournal.com]

By "the game itself can be art" I mean video games specifically. I don't generally think of RPGs themselves as art, even if they're sometimes pretty.