tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30766504.post1181495834771926672..comments2024-01-15T03:36:11.777-05:00Comments on Teaching Game Design: Art CriticsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30766504.post-72028667936414286952009-06-24T15:23:49.840-04:002009-06-24T15:23:49.840-04:00Well, I'm glad you and Lewis figured it out so...Well, I'm glad you and Lewis figured it out so you could illuminate ignorant, arrogant vidiots like me.<br /><br />You're probably right, there is no value in discussing the game-native specifics of *why* games are art and *where* the artfulness in games lies, because everyone on earth is already well-versed in Rosenberg and Greenberg, and Joe from Winnipeg who likes Madden already understands the nature of artistic expression in the medium of games.<br /><br />On my end, the now-concluded debate into 'this art business' was never really about whether or not games can be art, it was about understanding which aspects of our expression are unique to games and where our artistic efforts ought best be invested to further the expressive power of the medium.<br /><br />But if you are both clever enough to accept the argument 'games are art because Rosenberg said so' and garner complete understanding of the entire medium from those seven words, then I suppose we should all stop thinking in order to save ourselves your fearsome wrath.<br /><br />Get over yourselves.<br /><br />meh.Clinthttp://www.clicknothing.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30766504.post-9432987385095713302008-11-14T08:22:00.000-05:002008-11-14T08:22:00.000-05:00There's an arrogance in the video game world, as t...There's an arrogance in the video game world, as though they're doing so much that's new, when in fact the same questions and discussions and the same kinds of ideas came up in the non-video game world, or in other areas, long before video games existed. I suppose this "art" business is just another example. I understand Greg Costikyan used the term "vidiots" to describe video game fans who have no idea of "what went before". I like it.<BR/><BR/>But this is the natural way for humans to do things, ignoring anything that happened before they were born. Meh.Lewis Pulsipherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998403221823705918noreply@blogger.com