Burning Ewok -

Justin, Dan, and Chaz have a lively discussion this week about movies such as Kick Ass, Glory, and Helvetica and games like Mass Effect 2, the Left 4 Dead 2 DLC and Starcraft 2 Beta. Then everything gets a bit crazy when the three talk about art and whether video games fit the bill. Chaz and Dan think they do and Justin disagrees. No LOST conversation, but we throw down the top 5 Kills.

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2 comment(s) for “F Picasso”

Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Hammer Says:

Is it art, is it not art? Until everybody it the discussion can define what art is to them, it's kind of pointless, no?

I'll start, from the web-- Art is:
--the creation of beautiful or significant things (wordnetweb)
--Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions (wikipedia)
--Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions (dictionary.com)

If you agree with those, then clearly games are art. They may not all be high art or art that I like, but they are art. One argument I heard, was that since they are winnable they are not art. How do you win WoW? Don't games have replayability? What about multiplayer? There are nuances that can only be discovered upon multiple playings (similar to multiple readings of a book or multiple viewings of a movie or painting).

If you can't agree on the definition (or rules, if you prefer Justin), then the discussion is akin to asking "What is the best ice cream?" or "What is love?" or other abstract questions with no absolute answer, just different opinions dependent on individual definitions.

Constructive criticism. I would have cited Ebert's article or whatever sparked this discussion, since I had no idea what was said.
Monday, May 03, 2010
Steve Clevenger Says:

Answer to Justin: I can give or take Wes Anderson. Loved Royal Tenenbaums; really enjoyed Darjeeling; Life Aquatic a major bore; Rushmore kinda fun; Bottle Rocket a fine debut (if that's what it was). Fantastic Mr. Fox just didn't hold my interest in any way for a solid hour, so I've gotten better over the years at cutting my losses and not finishing movies that I've given that much time to interest me. I think I'm the only person I know that doesn't either love or hate the movies of Wes Anderson.