They Are Nowhere, Really

Posted May 16th, 2008. Filed under , ,

Why does this headline:

WildTangent’s St. John Declares Consoles Dead

Remind me of this quote:

“We besieged them and killed most of them, and I think we will finish them soon.”

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An Aside

Posted May 9th, 2008. Filed under ,

The fact that there is over a half million people that are on Facebook, care enough to join and stay and think that this will work makes me very, very sad that there isn’t an intelligence test in order to vote. This is why politicians can bend us over and have their way with us.

Games As Art

Posted November 1st, 2007. Filed under ,

I’m so mind numbingly sick of this debate. Can we settle this now? Here:

Games As Art

Examples in Novels:
A – Ulysses, 1984, House of Leaves
B – Harlequin Romance, Hardy Boys

Examples in Film:
A – Citizen Kane, Raging Bull, The Godfather, Primer
B – Steven Seagal movies, Transformers, Barbarella

Examples in Games:
A – Ico, Deus Ex, Bioshock (I guess), Braid (perhaps, haven’t played it yet) It is a very short list.
B – Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Serious Sam, Final Fantasy, Gears of War
C – Skate, SimCity, Electroplankton, Line Rider, Spore (probably)
D – Madden, Tetris, Katamari Damacy, Guitar Hero, Nethack