Lecture 27: Games as Art

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Description: Games have emerged in recent decades as a rich artistic medium, combining elements from audiovisual, interactive, and performance art traditions. Abe Stein talks about aesthetics and meaning in games, and their relation to various modern art movements.

Instructors/speakers: Philip Tan, Jason Begy, Abe Stein (Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab)

Related Resources

[CGD] Chapter 17

Frasca, Gonzalo. "Videogames Of The Oppressed." Electronic Book Review, June 24, 2004.

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