jman8 said:
Seriously, look at DTG's post again. There is not one single mention of art. All he does is say that MGS tackles some mature and thought-provoking themes. He never ever equated MGS with literature. Pretty much no one has done that. You're not actually debating against a real opponent. It's all in your head. |
Just because he doesn't use the word "art" doesn't mean that he doesn't mean something along those lines. I mean, hell, he used the words "adult, mature, and intellectual" to describe the series. What does that say, if not exactly that?
Or I could point out how, say, Spankey compares MGS4 to Seven Samurai, or how el_rika implied that anyone who doesn't think the series is art is an ignorant "casual gamer," whatever that means.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom