Supreme Court will finally it seems will be officially deciding whether video games can be considered art! Take that Ebert!
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Wait to say "take that" until after they agree that video games do in fact deserve the same protections.
One has to say, Schwarzenegger has a lot of gall.
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
Well put the by The Escapist.
Posted by Geraine (Member # 9913) on :
I really can't see a scenario in which the SCOTUS wouldn't consider video games art. I think the only argument would be the interactive aspect of the medium.
There is already a rating system in place that (I believe) is more stringent than the movie rating system. There are games that provide a stories and choices that place you into the story as one of the characters. Titles like Heavy Rain, Mass Effect, and others force you to make choices that have real and lasting effects on the story. Budgets for making and marketing games rival and often exceed those of big Hollywood films. Some of them have exceeded the $100 million mark in development costs, not counting marketing.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I've never been to The Escapist before. That was a really well put together video.
I think the problem my problem with the art debate is similar to what the video said; you can't declare an entire medium as not being art. You'd have to decide on a case by case basis.
Furthermore, I'm having mixed feelings about SCOTUS declaring teens as being unreasoning. However, shooting down that argument and saying that they do have that function could be a boon to minors where their rights are concerned. I'd also argue with the arbitrary nature of 18 as a point of maturity. Could be an interesting debate.
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Posted by Herblay (Member # 11834) on :
It's not the government's place to decide what is or isn't art -- on a case-by-case or on a general level.
Everything man made is art, from chewing gum to skyscrapers to the act of peeing on a flag (or burning a holy scripture). The point of representative government is to protect our rights and to protect us from those who would infringe on those rights.