Frank Lantz argues that aesthetics is a broader, more descriptive domain than “art”, spanning profound works and easy or disposable ones, and that games should be understood within that spectrum.

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"Frank Lantz argues that aesthetics is a broader, more descriptive domain than “art”, spanning profound works and easy or disposable ones, and that games should be understood within that spectrum."

Lantz proposes treating games through the aesthetic rather than as a status contest over whether they count as art, with the domain ranging from profound to disposable forms.

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Source title The Beauty of Games

Source authors Frank Lantz

Source year 2023

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