Comments on: Roger Ebert and Clive Barker throw down on Games as Art http://www.thegamergene.com/industry/roger-ebert-and-clive-barker-throw-down-on-games-as-art/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:09:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: ME http://www.thegamergene.com/industry/roger-ebert-and-clive-barker-throw-down-on-games-as-art/#comment-4225 ME Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:30:57 +0000 http://www.thegamergene.com/industry/roger-ebert-and-clive-barker-throw-down-on-games-as-art/#comment-4225 Good for you, Roger. You know what opinions are like... I recall when I was in art class in high school way back in the stone age. Our teacher, with whom I was at odds on what constitutes art, wanted the class to paint. I don't recall the exact instructions, but I do remember we had to paint something...pretty much whatever we wanted I believe. My friend and I, who do not subscribe to the notion that art is what many in the self-congratulating art society think it is, decided to conduct a little test. We grabbed up a few colors and just slapped and slathered the brush around, basically making a mess on the canvas. The whole thing took us perhaps 2 minutes or less. We presented the "art" to the teacher. He found it quite good and complimented us on our creativity which just went to prove our point. The true God given talented artists out there are the ones who can create realism in their work be it fantasy based or reality based, not the ones who create drug inspired slop. As for video games being art...I believe they, like movies should be in a class by themselves. There's a difference between art and creativity. Just because someone created something doesn't make it art. Good for you, Roger.

You know what opinions are like…

I recall when I was in art class in high school way back in the stone age. Our teacher, with whom I was at odds on what constitutes art, wanted the class to paint. I don’t recall the exact instructions, but I do remember we had to paint something…pretty much whatever we wanted I believe. My friend and I, who do not subscribe to the notion that art is what many in the self-congratulating art society think it is, decided to conduct a little test. We grabbed up a few colors and just slapped and slathered the brush around, basically making a mess on the canvas. The whole thing took us perhaps 2 minutes or less. We presented the “art” to the teacher. He found it quite good and complimented us on our creativity which just went to prove our point. The true God given talented artists out there are the ones who can create realism in their work be it fantasy based or reality based, not the ones who create drug inspired slop.

As for video games being art…I believe they, like movies should be in a class by themselves. There’s a difference between art and creativity. Just because someone created something doesn’t make it art.

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