The Arcade Backpack is designed to infiltrate public spaces
In a gallery, it is not only the quality of a piece that comes under scrutiny, but also its meaning. Gaming culture’s demand to be seen as “real art” sometimes runs alongside a resistance from many fans and creators to being subjected to the kind of analysis that art faces.
Can video games be art? Yes. Obviously yes. Video games are a medium as diverse as films or novels. Some are enormously profitable mainstream hits. Some are familiar rehashings of old tropes. Some are beautiful. Some are violent. Some are nuanced,…
