[game_preservation] Games as art

[Devin Monnens]

I posted some comments to the article, including some shameless
self-advertising for the SIG. It's not so much making something worth
playing, but making games that are accessible - and showing art games to
your nongamer friends and family.

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Devin Monnens <evilcowclone at gmail.com>wrote:


> Aye, there's been a lot of good articles on this subject. Here's another of

> the most recent ones:

>

> http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3909/persuasive_games_the_.php

>

> As for the game covers, novels can have pretty bad covers, too (especially

> speculative fiction novels).

>

>

> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Mike Melanson <mike at multimedia.cx>wrote:

>

>> 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

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