{"id":21491,"date":"2018-12-03T09:38:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T06:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/?p=21491"},"modified":"2019-03-05T08:58:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T05:58:34","slug":"igra-kak-proizvedenie-iskusstva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/2018\/12\/03\/igra-kak-proizvedenie-iskusstva\/","title":{"rendered":"A video game as a piece of art"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 8<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the ancient times people strive for expressing themselves via art, inventing more and more tools for this. Literature, fine arts, statuary, architecture, music, photography, cinema &#8211; all of these are media created in a result of technological progress and a drive for sharing new ideas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video games is a form of creativity as well, however, they are not construed as a real art yet. Although, a couple of examples can make people doubt in this statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Journey<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking of aesthetic qualities and audiovisual sequence of video games, we should look a little closer at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Journey_(2012_video_game)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Journey<\/em> by <em>thatgamecompany<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21510\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gaming-s-greatest-journey-a-ps3-masterpiece.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21510\" src=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gaming-s-greatest-journey-a-ps3-masterpiece.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;\u0417\u0430\u0445\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0449\u0435\u0435 \u0438 \u043c\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435&quot; - \u0442\u0430\u043a \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u044b\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0442 Journey\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gaming-s-greatest-journey-a-ps3-masterpiece.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gaming-s-greatest-journey-a-ps3-masterpiece-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gaming-s-greatest-journey-a-ps3-masterpiece-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gaming-s-greatest-journey-a-ps3-masterpiece-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gaming-s-greatest-journey-a-ps3-masterpiece-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gaming-s-greatest-journey-a-ps3-masterpiece-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An exciting and meditative adventure is a common description for <em>Journey<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Journey<\/em> tells us a story about a nameless figure in a vast desert, traveling towards a mountain in the distance where he expects to find something that he needs for some reason. The game lacks any kind of speech or dialogue what creates space for \u00a0personal interpretation of the story. The game never tells anything directly, but the surrounding world gradually reveals the veil of secrecy around the place and our main character. All of these creates a unique magic atmosphere of journey where adventures await at every turn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/61DZC-60x20\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time a meditative and exciting game<em> Journey<\/em> has conquered the hearts of most people and earned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/playstation-3\/journey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recognition of critics<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Cuphead<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another example of a video game as an audiovisual piece of art is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuphead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Cuphead<\/em> <\/a>by <em>Studio MDHR Corp<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21509\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21509\" src=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/maxresdefault-1-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even a promo cover sends us to the 1930s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A visual style of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Fleischer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Fleischer<\/a>\u2019s animation of the 1930s, hand-drawn characters and backgrounds, and an unpretentious story about a cupheaded boy attach the feeling of an interactive cartoon to this game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CXpvF9Z2gG8\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Cuphead<\/em> is a synthesis of old-school creative techniques and up-to-date technologies. The game has been fully appreciated by players as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/xbox-one\/cuphead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by critics<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Stanley Parable<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not all of the games can boast a vivid and memorable visual image like previous ones. But the main distinctive feature of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Stanley_Parable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stanley Parable<\/a><\/em> game is its story, or, to be more precise, the absence of it. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21511\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/The_Stanley_Parable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21511\" src=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/The_Stanley_Parable.jpg\" alt=\"\u041d\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0435 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u0442 \u0443\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0439, \u0438 \u0421\u0442\u0435\u043d\u043b\u0438 \u043e\u0442\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u043f\u0443\u0442\u044c\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/The_Stanley_Parable.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/The_Stanley_Parable-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/The_Stanley_Parable-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/The_Stanley_Parable-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/The_Stanley_Parable-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/The_Stanley_Parable-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main screen of Stanley Parable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This game can be colloquially called a walking simulator. At first sight, the game is pretty obvious: nothing interesting is happening and the character can only wander around and interact with a short amount of objects. Nevertheless, this kind of games can be very surprising when it comes to a unique way of storytelling. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBtX0S2J32Y\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Stanley Parable<\/em>\u2019s main character is clearly Stanley, an ordinary office worker who does not have anything to do but pushing the buttons on his monitor. However, one day all his colleagues disappear and the flox of commands on his screen stops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the course of the game, speechless Stanley is being guided by a storyteller who voices over all character\u2019s moves and gives him hints of what to do next. The player can either listen to the invisible narrator or disobey his suggestions, on which the guide will immediately react. The game encourages the players initiative to make their own decisions, giving them a control over situations and total freedom. To be completely honest, the reality is that every single step is already planned by creators of the game, but it only means the games plays chicken with people pretty well.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21512\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/big_1489457132_image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21512\" src=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/big_1489457132_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/big_1489457132_image.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/big_1489457132_image-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/big_1489457132_image-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/big_1489457132_image-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/big_1489457132_image-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/big_1489457132_image-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the Adventure Line at the beginning of the game. Although, you don&#8217;t have to follow it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Stanley Parable<\/em> is hardly a first experiment with an interactive form of narrative, but it is one of the most successful and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/pc\/the-stanley-parable\">highly rated<\/a> ones in this peculiar genre.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Papers, Please<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even the most seemingly boring professions turn inside out in video games. For instance, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papers,_Please\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Papers, Please<\/em><\/a> game tells the story of a typical border crossing immigration officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21513\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/082064a33e57cbec_original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21513\" src=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/082064a33e57cbec_original.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/082064a33e57cbec_original.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/082064a33e57cbec_original-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/082064a33e57cbec_original-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/082064a33e57cbec_original-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/082064a33e57cbec_original-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/082064a33e57cbec_original-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even by looking at logo of the game, we can find a lot of common features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main character is an immigration officer in the fictional dystopian country of Arstotzka. His motivation is pretty simple: the more people he checks the higher his salary is. Every day the government introduces new rules and changes the list of necessary documents for which you have to closely monitor. If you make too many mistakes during checking you will get a fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21514\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/papers-please.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21514\" src=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/papers-please.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/papers-please.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/papers-please-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/papers-please-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/papers-please-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/papers-please-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/papers-please-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Very soon there is going to be too many documents that it will be impossible not to miss something<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking through the documents, the player gradually finds out more and more about Arstotzka and the surrounding world. Although, the work at border crossing post is not that easy as it might seem at first. One character forgets his or her documents at home, or has an important operation, but does not have a necessary pass, another might have all required documents, but he is a suspect in following people he wants to kill. These and many other moral dilemmas give\u00a0<em>Papers, Please<\/em> a new depth. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YFHHGETsxkE\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What can be more lame that checking documents the whole day? But this dark, Kafkaian game immerses players into the story and does not let go until the very end. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There should be mentioned much more fascinating projects which go beyond these usual \u201cshooters\u201d and \u00a0\u201cpuzzles\u201d.\u00a0 But, as with any work of art, you better play these games once instead of hearing about them a hundred times. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 8<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>From the ancient times people strive for expressing themselves via art, inventing more and more tools for this. Literature, fine arts, statuary, architecture, music, photography, cinema &#8211; all of these are media created in a result of technological progress and a drive for sharing new ideas. Video games is a form of creativity as well, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/2018\/12\/03\/igra-kak-proizvedenie-iskusstva\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A video game as a piece of art&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":951,"featured_media":21508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[254,487],"class_list":["post-21491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blank","tag-foot4","tag-en-2-2","keywords-art","keywords-media","keywords-entertainment","enlishversion-yes","translator-anastasiya-bobrovskaya","size-long","format-overview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/951"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21624,"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21491\/revisions\/21624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hitmedia.su\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}