Halloween Brings Out the Gamer Pumpkins

There has been an ongoing debate as to whether video games can be considered art or not. Well, in this particular case, the answer is defintely yes.

One of the largest art sites on the web, deviantART, allows users to post their own art creations. One user, ceemdee, has created numerous Halloween pumpkins with video game themes. Among them are Sam & Max, Crusader: No Remorse, Plants vs. Zombies, Shadow of the Colossus and Pipboy from the Fallout series. In all, she (her profile says female) posted 12 different carvings, each offering an incredible likeness to the characters or logos of the game.

According to her profile, one of her favorite artists is Shunya Yamashita, who has been a character artist at Square-Enix, where he worked on Final Fantasy XII and Valkyrie Profile 2.

We've requested an interview with ceemdee, and we'll post her answers if she agrees. Stay tuned ...