from the game "Journey" (2012)

Say the word 'art' and some immediate images start forming into the mind of the listener: they might think of sculpture, narrative, painting, and illustration, to name a few.

Video games exist as an amalgam of many forms of traditional art, where the player is no longer just an observer or a witness -- as one would be in admiring a painting on a wall or a sculpture. Rather, the player is an active participant in the emergence of the form.

I'm not proposing that all video games rise to that emotional level -- just as every canvas that has paint applied to it may not be seen as art by society. However, as an art form that is still in its early stages, the rapid rate at which gaming has expanded is astounding.

1. How is the video game player different from someone who just goes to see an artwork in a museum?


2. Which of the following best reflects what the text says:
The writer says all video games are art in some way.
The writer suggests some video games stir up feelings in us.
The writer thinks that gaming is a developing art form.

3. Find the words in the text above that are synonymous to... (mean the same as...)
a) mixture = an
b) conventional =
c) start or arrival = the of
d) fabric that oil paintings can be made on (kangas) =