Posted by Chris Rock on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:59:00 EDT in
Roger Ebert has famously said that video games are not and never will be art, a claim which Kellee Santiago disputes. Christopher J. Rock finds fault with both while adamently supporting games as an art form.
Old news. Did it seriously take you this long to realize games are crap, Rohrer I remember all those suckers saying games shouldn't be like film. Games are a new medium A new form of storytelling So much for that bull. Games would be lucky to achieve what film did ...
Comment In: Fluxus Games [Blog - 10/05/2010 - 01:10]
I like the discussion of these ideas and I've enjoyed games done in this light, but I also feel that games have yet to generate a significant set of meaningful work that meets traditional or disciplined design philosophy. I guess you could take that as proof that something's being wrong ...
I agree with Carlo Delallana and I'd say that in fact much of gaming appeal can be described as sinful or virtuous depending on one's perspective. The perspective of social gaming is disturbingly cynical, so sin is the obvious descriptor.
So he says games can be great art to appease gamers, then says he doesn't believe that, he's just saying it. Way to have your appease gamers and annoy them too.
I agree with the thesis, but it is very badly proven. Braid is conventional Tony Hawk is too sandbox And how are copies of innovative games examples of innovation Even VVVVVV can be considered innovative, though not in any revolutionary sense. If anything, you should be criticizing the overvaluing of ...
The data seems to suggest that gamers are just more actively involved than the average person. Shouldn't be much of a surprise. Games would most attract people with a craving for stimuli.
