David Cage: “I don’t like game mechanics” and “you don’t need a gun to be successful”

[Kasz216]

Lafiel said:

Kasz216 said:

Fair enough, some people probably meant it as an insult. 

I don't however.  I'm just a fan categorizations having meanings... that way it's possible to have a valid critical opinion of them.

This is espiecally important in videogames, which is a medium, despite it's huge rise in popularity among adults, is seen as a "non artistic" pursuit... partly in due to the awful state of "Critical review".

 

For an artform/media form to get mainstream approval it tends to require a strict and proffesional critical class.  He can move past that once considered "real" critical review and standards.

Art being the prototpical example of this.

A good book on it being http://www.amazon.com/End-Art-Donald-Kuspit/dp/0521832527

huh?

music pretty much has probably the most stupid of categorizations and it still is viewed as an art form, no? (well, man made music is at the very least some tens to hundred thousends of years old, so I guess it does have a bit of a headstart in social acceptence there)