nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoWhy Doom creator John Romero says video games are 'the greatest art form'www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down13
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkWhy Doom creator John Romero says video games are 'the greatest art form'www.cbc.cananoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarelorez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 year agoThere’s not really a best art form in my opinion (and I adore games). Sometimes you want a single one to be the only one, sometimes you don’t feel like being the agent, you only want to be told a story, etc.
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI think video games’ volatility and ties to specific hardware and issues of bugs and technical problems hold them back from being the best medium. Almost all other kinds of art are much more easily preserved in their original form and have more longevity and deliverance of artistic intent.
minus-squarelorez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s not the issue I think, there are also temporary art installations. And for games there’s emulation.
There’s not really a best art form in my opinion (and I adore games). Sometimes you want a single one to be the only one, sometimes you don’t feel like being the agent, you only want to be told a story, etc.
I think video games’ volatility and ties to specific hardware and issues of bugs and technical problems hold them back from being the best medium.
Almost all other kinds of art are much more easily preserved in their original form and have more longevity and deliverance of artistic intent.
That’s not the issue I think, there are also temporary art installations. And for games there’s emulation.