电子游戏从沉溺通向自由的艺术蜕变

From Addiction to Freedom: the Change of Electronic Games into Art

电子游戏,在美国法律中是作为第九类艺术形式而被保护和发展的;在我国从法律到学术,围绕电子游戏的合法性地位的争执也从未停止过。电子游戏本身与其他艺术品的区别,是可视觉化的交互体验;而它在大型游戏公司开发和制作的过程中,为了商业利润而加入沉溺系统,试图从心理上保持玩家持续消费。近年来,独立游戏公司联合开辟新发行渠道,打破大公司垄断的市场格局,电子游戏呈现出新的面貌。而游戏化进程,也随着深入各行各业,试图打破原先的信息传递模式。这些现象背后的本质,是电子游戏本身作为艺术;它对于自由的追求和自我的实现,需要漫长的时间来完成。

Electronic games have been taken as the ninth form of art and protected by the law in the United States. Whether the electronic game is a form of art or just a form of entertainment remains a controversial issue in China. It has taken too much of our time to reach a consensus before we can develop its value. The uniqueness of electronic games is the visualization of their players＇ interactive experience, which is quite different from the other form of art. In recent years, several independent game companies have opened new channels of distribution in a joint effort to break through the monopoly of a few gigantic electronic entertainment corporations which had dominated the market, and to provide electronic games with a barrier-free environment for its growth. A new era for electronic games is coming, for the workshops of the new community of players have integrated the producers and consumers for a new subject of free-imagination.