tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post3049041234557969072..comments2024-03-22T11:13:26.808+00:00Comments on Life is a Mind Bending Puzzle: Do Old Games Really Matter?mbphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037758442729422620noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post-1909910378924534052012-11-05T08:53:51.524+00:002012-11-05T08:53:51.524+00:00Hi Stabs, I certainly agree with your view on &quo...Hi Stabs, I certainly agree with your view on "real culture" but doesn't it sometimes seem as if the pace of change is such that nothing produced today has time to make a lasting impact. This doesn't just apply to games, books, movies and music too seem to pass into oblivion more quickly too. Games are particularly exposed to the passage of time because of their need for specialised hardware and infrastructure. mbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037758442729422620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36733892.post-3106964742042099722012-11-05T00:58:11.323+00:002012-11-05T00:58:11.323+00:00Short answer: yes
Long answer: video games are in...Short answer: yes<br /><br />Long answer: video games are in a weird cultural shadow, one that pop music was in the 50s. The perception of video games, a widespread bias throughout our culture among both gamers and non-gamers, is that they're not real culture, real art. This has historically been true of most new art forms - you should see what some critics wrote of the newfangled form the novel in the 18th century!<br /><br />Of course cultural significance is predominantly a reflection of the time people spend experiencing the form. If most people spend their leisure time playing video games and watching trashy tv then that's our real culture. Arguments that opera or Shakespeare are more culturally valid are ephemeral and fade over time unless the form remains popular (as Shakespeare does to some extent, although not as popular as the video game).Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.com