Yeah, I hate to agree, but I do. Hideo, Ebert, they both have perfectly strong points.
It's now up to future generations of game developers to take
games out of their "silent film" era and turn them into real art.
What is the point of all art in existence? In my opinion, it is
to convey a feeling, idea or story to the viewer.
You could argue that all art is trying to do is reveal to us
the resulting thoughts and feelings an artist has from an
experience he/she had in life.
Agreed?
Now what better way to convey the artist's feelings than
to let a viewer go through that same experience themselves.
Paintings rely of visual aesthetics
Music on Aural aesthetics
Movies on visual storytelling
Novels on the imagination
Games can potentially do all of this just as well as these mediums.
Interactivity is the videogame's strength. In my opinion,
games have not found a way to take advantage of this yet.
Once they do, we will see a "golden age" for video games.
You can quote me on that.
Game are not art. But they will be art.
[edit] And by the way, HD will NOT get us there any quicker! Biggest gimmick evar.
It's now up to future generations of game developers to take
games out of their "silent film" era and turn them into real art.
What is the point of all art in existence? In my opinion, it is
to convey a feeling, idea or story to the viewer.
You could argue that all art is trying to do is reveal to us
the resulting thoughts and feelings an artist has from an
experience he/she had in life.
Agreed?
Now what better way to convey the artist's feelings than
to let a viewer go through that same experience themselves.
Paintings rely of visual aesthetics
Music on Aural aesthetics
Movies on visual storytelling
Novels on the imagination
Games can potentially do all of this just as well as these mediums.
Interactivity is the videogame's strength. In my opinion,
games have not found a way to take advantage of this yet.
Once they do, we will see a "golden age" for video games.
You can quote me on that.
Game are not art. But they will be art.
[edit] And by the way, HD will NOT get us there any quicker! Biggest gimmick evar.