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Art game

An art game (or arthouse game) is a work of interactive new media digital software art as well as a member of the "art game" subgenre of the serious video game. The term "art game" was first used academically in 2002 and it has come to be understood as describing a video game designed to emphasize art or whose structure is intended to produce some kind…

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Art game

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related to Further reading · 82
Art game → Advances, Alex, And The Mapping Of, Andy, Appropriation Of Computer Games, Approximation, Arcade Classics Span Art, Art, Art Game Genre, Art Games, Art Games' Versus Mainstream, Axel, Bittanti, Brescia, Bristol, Cannon, Case Study Of Two, Chapter, Clarke, Computer Games
related to Origins and first wave art games · 30
Art game → Although, Art History, At, Atlanta, Bernie DeKoven, By, Conway's, Dada, Deep Contact, Fluxus, Following, Game, Games, Georgia, Greg Costikyan, In, Jane Veeder's Warpitout, Jaron Lanier's Alien Garden, Lanier's Moondust, Life
related to Rise of the "artist game" · 30
Art game → AIUEOUNN Six Features, Art, Australian SelectParks, Begin's Font Asteroids, Blast Theory's Can You, Castle Smurfenstein, Consequently, Craighead's Trigger Happy, Doom, Drawing, Early, Esc, Frank Lantz' Pac Manhattan, Go Fish, Iimura Takahiko's, Jodi, Myst, Natalie Bookchin's The Intruder, New Games Movement, Online
related to overview · 21
Art game → Arcade Classics Spawn Art, Art, Art Game Genre, Cannon's, Carlos Díaz, Colombian, Current Trends, Holmes, In, Melbourne DAC Conference, October, PC, Pippa Tshabalala, Rebecca Cannon, She, Stalker, Subdividing, The, This, Tiffany Holmes
related to Rise of the indie art game · 17
Art game → As, Beginning, Consequently, Discussions, Florent Deloison, Jason Nelson, Jason Rohrer, Jenova Chen, Mark Essen, Molleindustria, Samorost, Tale, Tales, The, The Endless Forest, These, This
related to "Art game" versus "art mod" · 14
Art game → Cannon, Celia Pearce, Dadaist, Fluxus, For Cannon, In, Likewise, Matteo Bittanti, Rebecca Cannon, She, Some, The, Thus, Using Tiffany Holmes
related to "Art game" versus "game art" · 11
Art game → Along, Due, In, Jenova Chen, Jim Munroe, Joystiq, Justin McElroy, Nora Young, Spark, This, Though
related to Criticism of the term "art game" · 5
Art game → Alongside, Critics, Some, The, This

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theinstance ofJim Munroe stated that whereas video games0.80text
languageinstance ofa communicative medium that involves the concrete action of participants rather than abstractions0.80text
Conway's zero-player Game of Lifeinstance ofAlthough early game-like programs0.80text
Frank Lantz' Pac Manhattaninstance ofart pieces0.80text
Blast Theory's Can You See Me Nowinstance ofart pieces0.80text
Samorostinstance ofRise of the indie art gameBeginning in the early to mid-2000s with games0.80text
Art gamerelated to "Art game" versus "art mod"The0.60section
Art gamerelated to "Art game" versus "art mod"Rebecca Cannon0.60section
Art gamerelated to "Art game" versus "art mod"Matteo Bittanti0.60section
Art gamerelated to "Art game" versus "art mod"Using Tiffany Holmes0.60section
Art gamerelated to "Art game" versus "art mod"Cannon0.60section
Art gamerelated to "Art game" versus "art mod"Likewise0.60section

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