True, but 60 years ago people still saw movies as art.
As you've pointed out, many of the people that make games don't see them as art and that's a huge flaw. As I stated in the keynote, I think games are a very important art form and we need to stop thinking we are just making toys for kids and we'll start making better games and publishers won't treat them like soap to sell.
One of the reason the big Hollywood studios fund and distribute indie movies is that they see them as important art. It's a business, don't get me wrong and they are money grubbers with the best of them, but they also see them as important art. Maybe that's just snobby ego, but it works.
Big companies like EA and Activision see games as toys and they treat it about as seriously as that.
It's time for that to change. Everyone will be happier!
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Posted by Ron Gilbert on Sep 9, 2009 four pm
As you've pointed out, many of the people that make games don't see them as art and that's a huge flaw. As I stated in the keynote, I think games are a very important art form and we need to stop thinking we are just making toys for kids and we'll start making better games and publishers won't treat them like soap to sell.
One of the reason the big Hollywood studios fund and distribute indie movies is that they see them as important art. It's a business, don't get me wrong and they are money grubbers with the best of them, but they also see them as important art. Maybe that's just snobby ego, but it works.
Big companies like EA and Activision see games as toys and they treat it about as seriously as that.
It's time for that to change. Everyone will be happier!