Comments on: Looking For Sleds In All The Wrong Places http://expertologist.net/2009/06/01/looking-for-sleds-in-all-the-wrong-places/ A blog about game design. Mostly. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:38:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Expertologist » Of Sleds and Status http://expertologist.net/2009/06/01/looking-for-sleds-in-all-the-wrong-places/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Expertologist » Of Sleds and Status Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:57:35 +0000 http://expertologist.net/?p=319#comment-269 [...] a few months ago I wrote a post weighing in on the whole “are games art?” thing. It wasn’t exactly a new topic at [...] [...] a few months ago I wrote a post weighing in on the whole “are games art?” thing. It wasn’t exactly a new topic at [...]

]]> By: James http://expertologist.net/2009/06/01/looking-for-sleds-in-all-the-wrong-places/comment-page-1/#comment-267 James Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:27:28 +0000 http://expertologist.net/?p=319#comment-267 I also chimed in on Jones' "art" discussion, FYI. Howdy Chris! I also chimed in on Jones’ “art” discussion, FYI.

Howdy Chris!

]]> By: Jigsaw Fanclub http://expertologist.net/2009/06/01/looking-for-sleds-in-all-the-wrong-places/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Jigsaw Fanclub Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:53:44 +0000 http://expertologist.net/?p=319#comment-234 [...] http://expertologist.net/?p=319 [...] [...] http://expertologist.net/?p=319 [...]

]]> By: Jones http://expertologist.net/2009/06/01/looking-for-sleds-in-all-the-wrong-places/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Jones Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:29:53 +0000 http://expertologist.net/?p=319#comment-232 So I started writing a response, and ended up with 1200 words. If you like, I'll post them here, but for the moment, they're over yonder (to avoid cluttering up the comments here): http://jigsawfanclub.com/2009/06/on-the-macguffin-of-art/ Excerpt: You know what? Art isn't a guarantee of entertainment. The fact that I haven't seen Art on TV doesn't mean TV isn't my favorite medium. When I'm deciding what movie I want to watch, Art almost never factors into the decision. I admit to giving a second chance to comics with more Artistic conceits, but I'm far more excited about a new Ex Machina trade, say, than the Wolverton Bible. The Big Lie is that something being Art automatically means you'll <em>like</em> it. Unfortunately, when you do all the reading, listen to all the arguments, and really examine what it is that defines Art, it comes down to a weird mixture of posturing and fame. … Video Games don't NEED to be Art, see? They are Games. Games are for Playing. And what they need to worry about is Craft. So I started writing a response, and ended up with 1200 words. If you like, I’ll post them here, but for the moment, they’re over yonder (to avoid cluttering up the comments here):

http://jigsawfanclub.com/2009/06/on-the-macguffin-of-art/

Excerpt:

You know what? Art isn’t a guarantee of entertainment. The fact that I haven’t seen Art on TV doesn’t mean TV isn’t my favorite medium. When I’m deciding what movie I want to watch, Art almost never factors into the decision. I admit to giving a second chance to comics with more Artistic conceits, but I’m far more excited about a new Ex Machina trade, say, than the Wolverton Bible.

The Big Lie is that something being Art automatically means you’ll like it. Unfortunately, when you do all the reading, listen to all the arguments, and really examine what it is that defines Art, it comes down to a weird mixture of posturing and fame.

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Video Games don’t NEED to be Art, see? They are Games. Games are for Playing. And what they need to worry about is Craft.

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