Abstract
The purpose of the article is to characterize computer games as a component of culture and a subject of cultural research. The methodology involves distraction from the technological aspects of the genesis and implementation of computer games and is determined mainly by the humanitarian guidelines for the phenomenon under study. Thus, the methodological principles are based on the cultural research concept of computer games as a value of modern culture. The scientific novelty is that for the first time in Ukrainian cultural research the need to study computer games as a component of culture is actualized. Conclusions. The article highlights the need for cultural research of computer games as a full and equal component of culture. Attention is paid to the scale of the computer games spread, their importance for culture and the individual, as well as the impact on various spheres of human life. Conclusions. It is emphasized that the issue of the creation and functioning of computer games in modern society is an inexhaustible source for further research, including in cultural research. Computer games are a wide “field” for the application of the latest IT developments, philosophical ideas, and artistic innovations. Therefore, this issue will remain in the focus of research not only for cultural scientists but also for philosophers, educators and psychologists, sociologists, economists, and jurists, given the pace and scale of the information spread and communication technologies, and most importantly their complexity.
Highlights
Computer games have long been part of popular culture, along with cinema and pop music, and a system of mass cultural production, which has ©Trach Yu., 2021Культурологія original aesthetic properties
Computer games are even recognized as art, in Korea in general the pride and property of the state and the best gamers there are well known as pop stars
Computer games are as popular as literature and cinema and affect culture no less, not to mention profits where the global film industry earns billions of dollars less than the gaming industry
Summary
Computer games have long been part of popular culture, along with cinema and pop music, and a system of mass cultural production (creative industries), which has. Despite the ambiguous attitude of theorists and society in general to computer games, they are an important part of modern culture This new art form is the product of almost all previous forms of media, and it is reflected in almost all spheres of human life. The computer games study within different sciences is an urgent requirement of the time, given that this type of game has long been an everyday reality, and the attitude of society, including cultural scientists, to it has not yet been formed
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