Editing Video game modding (section)

===Art mod===
An ''art mod'' is a mod that is created for artistic effect. Art mods are most frequently associated with [[video game art]]. However, modified games that retain their playability and are subject to more extensive mods (i.e. closer to total conversions) may also be classified as [[art game]]s.<ref name=cannon>Cannon, Rebecca. "Meltdown" from ''Videogames and Art'' (Clarke, Andy and Grethe Mitchell, eds.). Bristol: Intellect Books. Pp.40-42. 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-84150-142-0}}</ref> Art mods are usually designed to subvert the original game experience. One example is the ''Velvet-Strike'' mod for ''Counter Strike'' in which the players spray-paint anti-violence messages in multiplayer games as a form of [[performance art]]. Another example is Robert Nideffer's ''Tomb Raider I and II'' patches which were designed to subvert the unofficial ''[[Tomb Raider (1996 video game)#Nude Raider|Nude Raider]]'' patch of the late 1990s by altering Lara Croft's sexual orientation.<ref name="stalker">{{Cite thesis |last=Stalker |first=Phillipa Jane |date=2006-11-15 |title=Gaming in art: A case study of two examples of the artistic appropriation of computer games and the mapping of historical trajectories of "Art Games" versus mainstream computer games |url=http://ljudmila.org/~selectparks/dl/PippaStalker_GamingInArt.pdf |degree=MSc |language=en}}</ref> The origins of the art mod can be traced to the classic 1983 mod ''Castle Smurfenstein'' (a humorous subversion of ''[[Castle Wolfenstein]]'' which replaces the Nazi guards with [[Smurfs]]).<ref>{{citation |last=Bogacs |first=Hannes |url=https://www.academia.edu/2317114 |title=Game Mods: Design, Theory and Criticism |publisher=[[Vienna University of Technology|Vienna University of Technology - Design and Assessment of Technologies Institute]]|date=February 2008}}</ref> The very first art mod, however, is generally considered to be [[Iimura Takahiko]]'s 1993 ''AIUEOUNN Six Features'' (a modification of Sony's "System G").<ref name=cannon/><ref name=stalker/>