06-12-2012, 03:00 PM
(06-12-2012, 02:27 PM)Goemar Wrote: The point of gaming is entertainment. At the end of the day that's all games are (yes I just kicked the whole games are art thing in the balls - trust me it deserves it, damn meddling thing...)
I take issue with this. What's wrong with wanting video games as a medium to be taken more seriously? I mean, you can make the argument "it's just entertainment" for books, movies and TV as well, but they're still mostly respected by the general public as art. Sure they have their bad eggs but you've got things like the Oscar's and Emmy's where the really artful things are recognized.
On the other hand, the thing that most people outside of the video game industry (as in, anyone who doesn't constantly follow games) see is E3. Which, as Vipershark pointed out, is pretty much a pissing contest. It'd be really nice if the video game industry could clean up and present itself a little better to the public instead of perpetuating the incredibly negative image that the industry has created.