The Art of Videogames explores how philosophy of the artstheories developed to address traditional art works can also beapplied to videogames.
* Presents a unique philosophical approach to the art ofvideogaming, situating videogames in the framework of analyticphilosophy of the arts
* Explores how philosophical theories developed to addresstraditional art works can also be applied to videogames
* Written for a broad audience of both philosophers and videogameenthusiasts by a philosopher who is also an avid gamer
* Discusses the relationship between games and earlier artisticand entertainment media, how videogames allow for interactivefiction, the role of game narrative, and the moral status ofviolent events depicted in videogame worlds
* Argues that videogames do indeed qualify as a new and excitingform of representational art