Spil kan ikke betegnes som kunst

George Lucas og Steven Spielberg holdte under et film festival et panel hvor de brugte tid på at diskutere andre former for underholdning, heriblandt spil.

Da et medlem blandt publikum spurgte hvordan de så på spil som kunst, svarede Lucas sådan her:

"The problem with games is the controller. The second you get the controller something turns off in the heart, and it becomes a sport. Scientific studies on the human heart confirm this."

Og Spielberg tilføjede efterfølgende:

"Boom Blox was intended to be a moving story about a man who suffers from the untimely death of his wife, and who has to reconcile himself with the idea of love. However, once the game controller was involved, Boom Blox turned into a game about blowing up blocks that look like farm animals. This is why games can’t be art."

Boom blox var iøvrigt et spil som var udviklet af EA sammen med Spielberg.

Lucas runder desuden emnet af med at sige:

"When I first tried the Kinect I played in poorly lit conditions, so the device didn’t recognise all of my gestures. I got frustrated, then I started to feel upset, then angry. That camera made me feel. Now, that’s art."

Hvad mener du? Kan spil godt være kunst, eller har de 2 høje herre fat i noget af det rigtige?