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I'll take the "The Obvious Answer", Alex by Senor Barborito 05/13/2003, 1:09am PDT
ydrt wrote:

Senor Barborito wrote:

"Yes, video games are art. Very few of them are good art."
How's that different from any other form of media?


It isn't, and I suppose that's the point. Asking if video games are art is like asking whether any form of media is art - it's mental masturbation as we yell at each other over angels and heads of pins and who exactly is the pinhead for the angels to dance upon.

Thinking that video games are in some way some 'special' form of media just because they're [pretends to be frightened, sticking fingernails in teeth] 'ooooh, interactive!' is so much egotistical self-deception and nothing more.

This is not to say, however, that media won't eventually encompass the whole of our experiential universe - it's slowly taking over for most people as it is, and it will only continue to do so as we humans proceed to abstract ourselves out of our society entirely.

--SB
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Good answer to this question spotted on Metafilter by Senor Barborito 05/13/2003, 12:25am PDT NEW
    Re: Good answer to this question spotted on Metafilter by ydrt 05/13/2003, 12:28am PDT NEW
        I'll take the "The Obvious Answer", Alex by Senor Barborito 05/13/2003, 1:09am PDT NEW
            Re: I'll take the "The Obvious Answer", Alex by ydrt 05/13/2003, 1:16am PDT NEW
                Good point by Senor Barborito 05/13/2003, 1:51am PDT NEW
                Didn't you learn anything from Demolition Man? NT by Lizard_King 05/13/2003, 3:01am PDT NEW
                    Sure. Taco Bell is going to win the Fast Food Wars. NT by ydrt 05/13/2003, 3:05am PDT NEW
                        In the german version Pizza Hut wins. NT by foogla 05/13/2003, 4:50am PDT NEW
                            That makes sense. by ydrt 05/13/2003, 5:40am PDT NEW
 
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