According to a BBC Online story this morning, the University of Abertay's Dare to be Digital scheme is attempting to seduce art students into entering the games industry. If this means more unusual games and less unmade beds and rotting sharks cluttering up the nation's art galleries this can only be a good thing.
But what are the top five most arty games in videogame history? Off the top of my head...
1. Rez - Sega's weird musical shoot 'em up was apparently inspired by the work and theories of Wassily Kandinsky.
2. Vib Ribbon - This PlayStation title had you controlling a line-drawn rabbit along a pulsating strip. That's art, isn't it?
3. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - The bizarre Commodore 64 tie-in with Trevor Horn's scouse pop outfit subverted game forms in a surreal adventure.
4. Viewtiful Joe - Capcom's platformer takes cell-shading to its logical conclusions. A visual hurricane.
5. Ico - Fights against videogame convention with the soft beauty of an impressionist masterpiece.
Go on, what have I missed?
