Roger Ebert says video games can NEVER be sandwiches.

Indecisive · Post by **Indecisive** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:47 am

I think of some games as an art form

it all depends on the game

Indecisive · Post by **Indecisive** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:53 am

Merlin wrote:Trying to write a paper.

I'm, uh, watching you.

You... rapscallion.

...and Merlin's heart grew three sizes that day

Fooflyer · Post by **Fooflyer** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:56 am

that cant be sanitary

Darkin · Post by **Darkin** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:53 pm

WouldYouKindly wrote:i actually kinda agree with the guy
games arent really art to me

You. Out. NOW.
Go find the Legend of Zelda, OOT. DO NOT COME BACK TILL YOU HAVE PLAYED IT AND LEARNED.

impmon08 · Post by **impmon08** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:55 pm

Darkin wrote:
WouldYouKindly wrote:i actually kinda agree with the guy
games arent really art to me
You. Out. NOW.
Go find the Legend of Zelda, OOT. DO NOT COME BACK TILL YOU HAVE PLAYED IT AND LEARNED.

OoT is overrated.

I'm not gonna pretend like I've ever played the whole thing (mainly because i dunno i kinda just stopped after dodongo's cavern) but still. It's not a bad game, but there are much better ones out there.

Post by **Spoony** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:05 pm

Darkin wrote:You. Out. NOW.
Go find the Legend of Zelda, OOT. DO NOT COME BACK TILL YOU HAVE PLAYED IT AND LEARNED.

Wow. OOT is not art. At all. It really isn't. It's fun, sure, but not artistic. Here's an overused example of an artsy game.

Darkin · Post by **Darkin** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:22 pm

You are right. I loved that game, and I probably said OoT becuase thats what I think of, when I think of good games. IT'S WHAT I GREW UP ON. But, I've seen a good many games that can be considered art. There's a couple games where I've thought of it as a story, instead of something to be minupulated to my advantage. Morrowind pops to mind, but to each his own there.

Post by **Spoony** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:29 pm

Darkin wrote:There's a couple games where I've thought of it as a story, instead of something to be minupulated to my advantage. Morrowind pops to mind, but to each his own there.

I don't think you get it.

Xabyrn · Post by **Xabyrn** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:29 pm

Roger Ebert is one of the most brilliant men living today.

Darkin · Post by **Darkin** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:30 pm

Spoony wrote:
Darkin wrote:There's a couple games where I've thought of it as a story, instead of something to be minupulated to my advantage. Morrowind pops to mind, but to each his own there.
I don't think you get it.

Get...What, exactaly?

Post by **Spoony** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:32 pm

Ame no Akai wrote:I stab a kitten every time someone starts a "this is art/this isn't art" discussion.

but is stabbing kittens art

Zink · Post by **Zink** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:35 pm

Art isn't that special.

Yeah, video games are art. They require creativity to make and whatnot. That doesn't really mean anything, though. I mean, crappy stick figure drawings made by a two year old are technically art.

I don't see why this has to be such a big deal.

Xabyrn · Post by **Xabyrn** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:35 pm

Tom Otterness's Wikipedia wrote:Journalist Gary Indiana criticized Otterness for an independent work done in 1977 called "Shot Dog Film" a looped video piece, in which, according to Indiana, Otterness "adopted a dog and then shot it to death for the fun of recording his infantile, sadistic depravity on film."[18]

Post by **DarkSurfer** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:36 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ

I think if a a crucifix of Jesus in a jar of piss can be called art, its pretty goddamn subjective and depends more on a persons point of view rather than what a critic says.

Post by **Spoony** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:37 pm

but I like sandwiches