no, i get it. fun and art don't have to be exclusive. but most pretentious indie fans don't see this.Raiyan 1.0 said:This is provoking in what sense...? He made the joke 'Pointless Anxiety 2: The Return of the Big Sad' at the expense of the 'pretentious' indie developers (like himself), and then went forward to praise the level designing, environmental story-telling and fun combat of a AAA title. He's even championing the 'fun' part by saying that art and fun aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.Azaraxzealot said:inFamous is still more fun than games like
this is something the AAA ALMOST ALWAYS gets rightYour Grandmother Is Depressing or Pointless Anxiety 2: The Return of the Big Sad
and if a game fails to be fun then it has failed to be a game.
seems that a lot of articles this week are basically provoking the escapist community at large what with the "You Wish You Were Casual" article and this article
Talk about something going 'whoosh' over your head... -_-
i keep trying to get "fun can be an art form in and of itself" pushed into people's heads, but people seem to want to argue that