Posted August 16, 2018
Telika: This depends on how people define "game". See all the threads about the releases of "walking simulators", "visual novels", and even "hidden objects", questionning this. You often get "I want a game, not a lesson on this, or an experience of that". So, that's part the question. Are "mature games" still "games" if they eschew traditional gameplay, is eschewing traditional gameplay a requirement in order to have truly mature content, etc...
I bristle whenever people want to lay the word art on more things. I see it as an extension of so much of the infantilized culture (speaking from the US) we live in. Seeing yourself engaging with art is much more flattering than acknowledging the potential juvenile nature of what you may actually be doing or the higher pursuits you could otherwise be chasing. It's a failure to acknowledge the distinction between art and commerce, art and entertainment.Post edited August 16, 2018 by xSinghx