[game_preservation] Games as art

[Mike Melanson]

Jim Leonard wrote:

> In case everyone hasn't seen this already:

> 

> http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/11/0042259

> 

> If you read the comments at level 4 and higher, it's turning into a nice 

> discussion of why games are art (and, to bring it on topic, worth 

> preserving and studying).


Along similar lines, I found this odd item linked from the MobyGames 
forums yesterday-- if game covers were as classy as book covers:

http://kotaku.com/5140732/if-only-game-covers-were-as-classy-as-book-covers
http://kotaku.com/5145909/a-second-serving-of-classic-reimagined-game-covers


:)


-- 
     -Mike Melanson