Domestic- Mary Flanagan

In class discussion, most of the classmates agree that art act as an expression method. To Mary, domestic was a record of memory in childhood. To me, it is a game which can classify as an art actually.

First of all, it is a first person shooter game development which audience can experience directly. It is similar to the characteristic of art. People can feel the artist expression. The expression which related to a domestic fire in Mary's childhood is important to her. The real environment set up of her house created from her memory. She made the expression connect to audience via visual.

Moreover, the game contains ideas via vision. In the game, not only 3D environment but also texts on wall transfer some messages to player. "Where is dad?" some simple texts created an emotion message and also make you ask question. The game make you think during playing and controlling. Furthermore, there are no killer in this game which also make player think more on it. It is not for entertainment but brings ideas to player.

In addition, this game involves an artist who did not consider money as the largest purpose of making games. Obviously, Mary created this game to share her memory and feeling but not only making money. It is not a commercial game but sharing of ideas.

Therefore, I believe that Domestic is not only a game but also an art.