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Is art Good?
Kumquat:
--- Quote from: McJob on January 28, 2017, 12:03:19 AM ---I really, really dislike pointless 'art'. To me, Art is something with inherent meaning which it is trying to communicate. It doesn't exist for the sake of itself. That kind of art is absolutely necessary to society, but somebody putting a dot at the centre of the page and selling that for billions...that's forgeted.
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Originally that kind of art was only worth billions a millions because it was used to move money.
McJob:
--- Quote from: Foxscotch on January 28, 2017, 12:04:41 AM ---well, you also think minecraft isn't a video game, so
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You're thinking of "Video Game" as the kind of category for digital, interactive experiences. That's fine for 90% of people, in the same way that that 90% of people think some lines of paper is "art". It's fine because most people don't care, since it doesn't really concern them.
I actually care, though. It's my job to make good games and good art, and I need to be able to quantify and understand what actually constitutes something being a game or art, and what makes those things good.
otto-san:
i don't agree that you necessarily have to invalidate someone's work to have a functional and constructive strategy of viewing creative works. it doesn't strike me as helpful in any sense of the word
Bisjac:
video games are rarely ever made for any reason but to make money.
Mega-Bear:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on January 27, 2017, 04:47:33 PM ---serious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNI07egoefc
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--- Quote from: McJob on January 28, 2017, 12:03:19 AM ---I really, really dislike pointless 'art'. To me, Art is something with inherent meaning which it is trying to communicate. It doesn't exist for the sake of itself. That kind of art is absolutely necessary to society, but somebody putting a dot at the centre of the page and selling that for billions...that's forgeted.
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(1) All art communicates no matter what it is, there is no such thing as non-communicative art. (2) Sounds like you guys are not fans of overtly self-indulgent post-modernism which "disappears up its own starfish." Congrats, that's a pretty universal opinion.