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Games as Art EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag New high-def videogame remake art is beyond brilliant 33 About six months ago we posted a gallery of gorgeous, absolutely striking art depicting what some classic videogames would look like if they were redone with a new, high-def, stylish sheen. Actua... JRPGs, narrative conflict, and gameplay lyricism 102 I really need you guys to do me a favor. The next time someone tells you that they like a Japanese-style role-playing game because of its "story," I want you to kick them in the teeth. ... Check out the edible prototype for Jason Rohrer's new game 7 That picture above all these words? That's a prototype board for Jason Rohrer's recently-announced, Majesco-published DS game "about diamond trading in Angola on the eve of the passage of th... New Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet trailer blows me away 56 Are you awake yet? I know it's early, but you're gonna want to rub the crust out of your eyes for this one. Artist Michel Gagne has teamed up with Joe Olsen of FuelCell Games to produce what migh... Well Played 1.0 is free, the best videogame book I've read 23 I would have posted about this earlier, but I read slower than Helen Keller when she's wearing gloves. Well Played 1.0 is an anthology book of videogame critique, and probably one of the most int... Schafer: Games need to broaden their subject matter 36 Psychonauts and Brütal Legend designer Tim Schafer has said that the biggest barrier between fresh audiences and videogames is a lack of varied subject matter. Stating that games need to get... Be prepared: High-def videogame remake art is beyond beautiful 91 I think this is the first time in my life I have ever been speechless.Before anyone cries “OVERDRAMATIC!” please take a look at the attached gallery. Artist Orioto has recreated some ... Rockstar's Dan Houser hopes it's a long time before videogames are respected 26 In a recent interview with the The Telegraph, Dan Houser, writer of GTA IV, was asked if he thinks it'll be long before videogame writing is as respected as writing books or films. Dan responds, ... Yes, that is a Shadow of the Colossus grilled cheese sandwich 38 A couple of months back I posted an Art Attack Friday about Anna the Red (or kickintheheadcomic on Flickr), an artist who created some famous videogame characters out of tasty bento boxes. If you... Ballet meets videogames: The Dragon Quest ballet 10 By now, we've seen a lot of ways videogames have been brought into our everyday lives. Why just yesterday, Dale posted a video of a guy driving a go-cart in the streets of France mimicking Mario ... A note to movie reviewers: Not all videogames are mindless entertainment! 51 Some might say I am a happy-go-lucky guy. I walk around the streets of Los Angeles with a noticeable spring in my step and occasionally (read: all the time) get caught humming a song from Mary Po... Guillerrmo Del Toro calls Team Ico's games masterpieces 60 You don't know who Guillermo Del Toro is, you say? Shame on you if you don't. The Mexican director is responsible for films such as The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth, and is also ... Art Attack Friday: I Am 8-Bit 2008 58 Last night I was lucky enough to be invited to the opening of this year’s I Am 8-Bit art show in good ol’ Hollywood, California. For anyone not familiar with the show, I Am 8-Bit is a... Videogame art floods Washington D.C. firms 11 Yesterday, the Washington Post featured a feel good story about people who enjoy entertaining each other with videogame art. When the day gets bland, Amy Smith likes to decorate her window with a... GTA IV 'great, but no miracle' says Wall Street Journal 37 Junot Díaz, writing for the Wall Street Journal, has confessed that although he loves Grand Theft Auto IV, and recognizes it as art, it is not the messianic miracle that game critics have ... Decorative Wii makes our heart go aflutter 29 We know that you like videogames, or else you wouldn't be browsing right now. For some enthusiasts, games transcend the confines of hobbyist enjoyment and enter into the realm of art. Usually, th... The secret is finally out! Afrika details revealed 42 The PlayStation 3 game Afrika has been shrouded in mystery ever since some strange (but stunning) footage was unveiled at the Sony press conference at E3 in 2006. While gorgeously rendered, the f... Exclusive: The truth about the 'Holocaust' game 70 Some gamers have chosen to call it "creepy" and "disgusting." Media outlets, those even belonging to the videogame press itself, have misrepresented it as "Holocaust DS&q... Shadow of the Colossus' controls are an exercise in art 72 The "videogames as art" movement is a funny thing. Artsy wooks like myself love to wax philosophic about the potential that games have in terms of narration or eliciting meaningful, emo... Love, the MMO: I promise it has nothing to do with drugs and the sixties 16 If you heard Rev Anthony's RevRant from this week's RetroForceGo! you've already heard a little about the amazing indie showing at GDC. It's truly one of the richest gatherings of indie work you'... Pre GDC: Destructoid Interview: Eternity's Child's Luc Bernard and Sean Beeson 33 Luc Bernard is a 21 year old graphic designer and game developer on the cusp of making his big splash in the game industry with the upcoming WiiWare title Eternity's Child. After seeing Luc's wor... Passage, the greatest five-minute-long game ever made 136 Passage, created by Jason Rohrer, is an exercise in gaming minimalism. Made for korokomi's gamma 256 competition, It's only five minutes long, it weighs in at less than 500kb, it takes place on ... Narrative brilliance and social irrelevance in Call of Duty 4 64 I recently played all the way through the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare single player campaign and, upon completing it, I felt two significant emotions. Firstly, I was filled with elation ste... Ebert the moron: Uses Hitman movie to continue his 'games aren't art' crusade 53 Roger Ebert has something to prove to the world it seems, as he continues his asinine viewpoint that videogames "will never" be art. You know what art is, right? It's that completely su... Alarmingly These Are Not Lovesick Zombies: well, they aren't (I think) 12 Jason Nelson is the manic, over-caffeinated Salvador Dali of gaming.If the games-as-art debate has been missing one crucial element it's the surreal: that area where the human mind frays a bit, m... Videogames and Art: Destructoid hits the book launch and seminar 13 The life of a games journalist is an exciting one. We get to attend geek conventions and musical extravaganzas, as well as get to grips with upcoming videogames. Sometimes though, we have to beco... It's about time! Okami for the Wii confirmed 101 Let me get this out of the way first … woo hoo!Eurogamer is reporting that Capcom has (finally!) announced it is bringing its critically adored PlayStation 2 game Okami to th... Videogame BAFTA awards: Will Wright gets love + full nominations 7 The BAFTAs are the most prestigious awards that the UK has to offer after the British Comedy Awards, and for the first time they will honor videogames. Spore creator Will Wright shall be receivin... Halo 3 and its place in the art debate: A New York Times counterpoint 59 I've just finished reading a very interesting article by New York Times writer Daniel Radosh, in which he discusses Halo 3, its artistic merits and its impact on the 'games as art' debate as a wh... BioShock Etch-A-Sketch art: Prepare to pee on yourself 27 I'm speechless. Who the HELL rocks out this hard on an Etch-A-Sketch? The Etch-A-Sketchist (who you may remember from his God of War offering back in July) has drawn everything from Kanye West to... Book critic fails at BioShock, says it's not art because he's not depressed 69 The whole 'games as art' debate is getting very tired now, with people on both sides of the fence doing little more than scoring points for their own preferred medium of entertainment, but this i... Eternity's Child moved to the Wii 32 Eternity's Child was originally announced last year as an XBLA title, but it seems that size restrictions have actually pushed the title onto the Wii, which I'm sure pleased UK based creator Luc ... Leipzig GC 2007: The French team preserving gaming history for the future 16 "Dave, you've got to get over to Hall 5. There are some guys over there who've got every console ever on free play.""Every console ever?""And a couple of arcade cabinets.... The Memory Card .12: Wander's brave friend 52 The theme of friendship is entirely prevalent, though commonly unnoticed, in the world of videogames. From Ratchet & Clank, to the entire epic casts of Final Fantasy, having... Siskell's lesser half still refutes games as art, calls Barker a 4-year old 106 I’m sure the world at large is well aware of who Roger Ebert is. Although, what the rest of the world may not know, or care about, is his position on whether or not video games are art.In c...		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