Art+Perspective

__Art Perspective__

It is hard to consider the Nintendo Wii as a form of art, but there are many artistic things associated with this gaming system. For one, the graphics of the game differ from other video games. The Wii uses ATI graphics which #|accounts for a lot lower graphics than other gaming system such as the Xbox and Playstation 3. Both Xbox and Playstation offer resolutions up to 1080 pixels whereas the Wii can only #|account for 480p. When looking at the graphics of games on systems like the Xbox and Playstation, they actually look like they could be artwork. Because the Wii is generally behind in the area of graphics, they seem also to be lacking in the area of art.
 * Nintendo Wii**

Although they fall behind in graphics, Wii makes up with it for numerous games designed for artistic people. For example, they offer the uDraw Studio, which is an #|art program with uDraw Game Tablet that allows players to doodle, color, sketch, and even draw. The uDraw Game Tablet is wireless and six by four inches. The stylus acts as the artist's paintbrush, pencil, chalk, or whatever medium they decide to use to create their artwork. This game offers nine media options and multiple options such as brush size and color. When finished the artists can save their work to an SD card. Games like this allow the Wii to appeal to people who enjoy work.There are also many #|downloadable games available through ArtStyle, which create a gaming experience with visual art and music. The Nintendo Wii may itself not be a form of art, but it definitely gives #|access to various forms of art.


 * Violence in Video Games**

When one thinks of violence in video games, they usually don't associate it with art, but just like the Nintendo Wii, the art can be traced #|back to the graphics of the actual video games. Graphics can be described as, "visual presentation on some surface..." The keyword visual supports the fact that graphics are a form of art. The extent of the violence and gore depend greatly on how well the graphics were created. For example, a low graphic video game such as the Nintendo Wii is generally not rated very violent because the images do not look realistic and are more like cartoons instead of real people. Other consoles like the Xbox, have higher graphics and are considered more violent in game such as Call of Duty, simply because the game looks completely realistic.

Others argue that violence is cannot be considered the art of a video game because it is only used to entertain the player. If it were considered art, it would have to cause the player to reflect on what actually happened because art is supposed to create in depth thinking. People argue this statement and say that art just needs to have a purpose. If you support this idea, than the violent graphics in video games can be considered art because they definitely have a purpose; to make the game as exciting and realistic as possible. Either way, the extent of violence in video games is directly related to the ability of the graphics. Therefore, art definitely comes into play in the creation of violent graphics for video games.


 * Xbox 360 and Kinect Sensor**

The Xbox 360 is well-known for its great graphics that make for very realistic games. As said before, graphics are considered a form of art and pictures taken from certain Xbox games can even look like something that should belong in an museum. So what makes the Xbox graphics so good that they can be considered artistic? It originates inside the Microsoft Xbox Chip, which stores the graphics of the video game. Architecture is even needed to fit everything compactly into one little chip. The console has "shader architecture, 10 MB of embedded memory, and what ATI calls perfectly efficient shaders." In Xbox's case, it takes are to create art. Without the architectural fineness of this graphic chip the consoles graphics would never be detailed enough to be considered art.

The Kinect Sensor can definitely be consider art simply because of what it contains. Among its features are a RGB camera, depth sensor, and microphone. These three features alone allow players to record, sing, and dance. These are all art forms. Also the Kinect offers games such as Dance Central, allow players to show off their artistic sides. Dance central lts players to perform, battle, and learn more advanced dance moves. Other artistic games associated with the Kinect are Dance Paradise, Michael Jackson The Experience, and Zumba Fitness.