Video Games as Art

Dan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:55:29 +0000

It’s about time video games are considered an art. They are creative endeavours that take as much and as long to make as some movies. There is also a huge distinction between the great and the poor games. Games these days can be considered movies and they should be treated in the same way.

Maybe then will video games no longer be the black sheep of the media and entertainment business. It’s ridiculous that some guy throwing feces at a canvas is considered higher than the developers of video games.

Video games are no longer the simple things of 20 years past but have evolved into their own worlds and stories and should be given the credit they deserve.

It’s a shame people are blaming video games for the violence instead of their own parenting ability. And if they actually cared about how their kids were being raised maybe they should stop the filth on TV from being shown and replace the TV babysitter with themselves.

No one can argue that TV has been getting more and more sexual and violent yet the finger is always pointed at video games – it’s time this stops.

Why does EA want Take-Two?

Dan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:54:29 +0000

I’m not sure why no one is pointing this out but it seems that as soon as EA acquires T2, the T2 folks would just leave to create a new studio. They seem independent and I doubt that they’d want to work for EA. And although EA would get the rights to all of the T2 games and may try to develop the series, they might not have the imagination or the guys to do it. In addition, I don’t know whether EA would even want to develop such products as GTA and Bully given the violence and public relations ordeal that T2 has been going through the past few years.

What EA does want is probably the T2 sports games, then they’ll have a pretty strong hold on the sports games’ market.

So as long as EA does not want the T2 human capital it seems like it makes sense – but given the negative response of T2 to the offer, I doubt EA will be able to retain the developers and artists.

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Video Games as Art

Why does EA want Take-Two?