"Digital games - But are they art?"

a) How does Adams define art? Do you agree with his definition?

He defines that art is a form of communication from the artist to viewer, and if the viewer starts to interfere, the communication will stop. And art is not fomulaic and it must have content as it must contains ideas. And actually I agree that art is something that has contents and messages. I think every artists are trying to bring something meaningful or trying to express what they are thinking through their work of art. And they are definitely a kind of communocation between the artist and the viewer. However, the point about the utility and saleability that Adam mentioned in the reading, I am only partially agree with him. I think a work of art can sometimes involve mechandsiing. for example,  Campbell's Souup Cans by Andy Warhol is related to merchandising now. The image of this work just appear in many different kinds of  products now, such as clothes and cups. And still , this is a famous work of pop art.                

b) According to Adams, what is needed for videogames to be considered as art?

Adams thinks that videogames need to do things that other art forms do. The Romantic movement of music challenged teh listeners and the works from Impressionists just made a new interpretation of what painting is for. And thus, videogames have to challengd their players as well. They have to be a kind of sitimulation for their players. They have to sitimulate their players to think and to get in touch with things that they have never knew or thought of  before. Moreover, videogames need to be more aesthetical. They have to have something related to aesthetic which can be judged by people, as the judgement we can make with movies, paintings and books. For example, a game can work on its aesthetic design, colors and the overall look of how every parts of the game are presented to its player.