Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, co-founders of the pioneering studio behind BAFTA-winning Mass Effect 2, told a packed audience how video games can be art.
Speaking at a BAFTA event the pair, who helped develop Star Wars: The Old Republic and Mass Effect, analysed games using Tolstoy’s definition of art.
“Tolstoy wrote that art is about sharing feelings and emotions,” said Muzyka.
“Any media that can be used to relate emotion can be art. Games are one of those things. Our hypothesis is that all nascent art forms are at some point controversial. So being derided by the mainstream isn’t a bad thing.”