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The non-argument some indulge in as to whether or not video games are art is boring.
Permanent exhibitions at the The Smithsonian, MoMA, and The Museum of the Moving Image have all more than codified video games and video game design as a legitimate medium. Not that we need hallowed institutions to be the arbiters of what defines art, but the nod is refreshing all the same.
Video games are art and what we need to see is more classic work reinterpreted with video games as a central component.
This seems like good a time as any.
Here are 11 pieces of classic art mashed up with some of our favorite games of the last few years.
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George Bellows x Nathan Drake
Original painting: Dempsey and Firpo
Original game: Uncharted
Hieronymus Bosch x Andrew Ryan
Original painting: The Temptation of St. Anthony
Original game: BioShock
Johan Vermeer x Lara Croft
Original painting: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Original game: Tomb Raider
Caravaggio x Batman
Original painting: Salome receives the Head of Saint John the Baptist
Original game: Batman: Arkham City
JMW Turner x Mass Effect
Original painting: The Fighting Temeraire
Original game: Mass Effect
Edvard Munch x Octodad
Original painting: The Scream
Original game: Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Edward Hopper x Video Game All-Stars
Original painting: Night Hawks
Original game: Street Fighter, Mega Man, StarCraft, Metal Gear Solid IV
Jacques-Louis David x Vaas
Original painting: The Oath of the Horatii
Original game: Far Cry 3
Jacques-Louis David x Samus Aran
Original painting: Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Original game: Metroid
Rembrandt van Rijn x Gordon Freeman
Original painting: The Night Watch
Original game: Half-Life
Francisco Goya x Zeus
Original painting: Saturn Devouring His Children
Original game: God of War
