Why does everyone think this is a good thing? Art is an expression through a medium. Games were always art, and now they're just art "because a government institution says so."
Fuck that.
Fuck that.
Games Now Legally Considered an Art Form (in the USA)
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I can just see it now!
there is Call of Duty on the TV, this is art, when you hear a buzzer stare at the art. You should now feel mentally reinvigorated, if you suspect that staring at Call of Duty did not provide the necessary Mental reinvigoration please reflect briefly on the Battlefield theme
also... wut?
there is Call of Duty on the TV, this is art, when you hear a buzzer stare at the art. You should now feel mentally reinvigorated, if you suspect that staring at Call of Duty did not provide the necessary Mental reinvigoration please reflect briefly on the Battlefield theme
also... wut?
Oh believe me, I know. My favourite game is Saints Row 2 and my least favourite is GTA 4.Racecarlock said:
But this game I'm talking about would pretty much be a PSA about why you shouldn't do crime, because it's just as boring and soul-crushing as a job in an office cubicle, you're not going to be a dashing rogue who works for himself (most times).
By the way, isn't it amazing the discussion we gamers can get into over a game that doesn't even exist?
I wonder how long until a game gets released with half/totally naked children with the defense that "It's not pornographic because it's art!"
I've never seen any naked children running around in my media - save for the very old paintings from the times of old. Have you? 0_oHeOfMalice said:
This is a good thing, but it dose not really end the debate. Even after all the years of music, TV , movies, literature and so on, their are people whom overreatc to them and their content regardless of the 1st amendment, the NEA or anyone else, and things get censored and books by Mark Twaine get taken out of schools, music gets pulled off shelves or certaine giant store chains decide not to sell your albums or games in some cases. Whatever it maybe, you can be assured some civic minded bunch of assholes are going try and police the world of filth and violence art or not. And as gamers look for the umbrella of freedom of speech to get out of the political storm they are currently in, they may find out they are sharing it with the same people that want to see them fail.
I think they were slippery slope trolling.ProjectTrinity said:
Kind of like when people say "If you let gays marry next we'll be having sex with corpses packed into animals."
It's generally a really boring way to get responses. Boring but consistent.
To answer the question with the really obvious answer.innocentEX said:
If games are considered art they are much more difficult to sensor by extremist groups. It is a very big step in protecting a wonderful medium from the greasy fingers of bad people.
It's not about getting people to respect you, it is about getting the law to make it harder to hurt you frivolously.
That is what I was thinking.KingofallCosmos said:
In my country there's a lot of conversation going on about the violence in games influencing youngsters and so on. Now that games are art, everything CAN BE different.
Not that this has anything to do with the discussion. I dont have a conclusion wheter games should be considered art or not, but I am pretty sure that something good will come for us from this NEA's decision.
Let's wait.
If they don't cave in from pressure that is.RepeatAfterMe said:
Glad to see it's finally considered art. After finishing Super Metroid for the first time back in the day, I always considered them art. I got that same buzz I did from great games like other great art types.
There's actually a law about the difference between child pornography and art. I can't remember what it entails and my VPN is down so I'm not Googling that. XDProjectTrinity said:
I was merely postulating that people may think that since the vidja is now considered art that they could get away with more racy acts in their games.
I was not trolling at all good sir/madam.theultimateend said:
I meant my post in earnest.
Man I am happy to hear this.
Seriously, this won't be nearly as noticed as it deserves to be, but it's a serious mark in the history of ALL artforms. Pretty much because it opens the floodgates for all new mediums.
Plus, we all know how different forms of artistic expression like to mingle.
Just look what happened when they combined photography, music and theatre.
= Cinema.
Seriously, this won't be nearly as noticed as it deserves to be, but it's a serious mark in the history of ALL artforms. Pretty much because it opens the floodgates for all new mediums.
Plus, we all know how different forms of artistic expression like to mingle.
Just look what happened when they combined photography, music and theatre.
= Cinema.
I am happier then a troll riding on a horse with a magnet.