VamyreLord

If I could choose I'd probably take batman's superpower:
 
Be extremely rich and christian bale.

FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME

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spiffo the evil mastermind
 

this is how building feels in pz

Oh, that's it... Oh, what's that ?! Some kind of power rangers Worms edition ?

I made a topic months ago about adding animations to characters (in-game) while loading/unloading bags and such. Apparently it stuck.

I made a topic months ago about adding animations to characters (in-game) while loading/unloading bags and such. Apparently it stuck.

Dang, I was wondering what ever happened to this thread. Glad to see it back.
 
Been working on some stuff, mostly just experimenting.
 

 
And I'm in the process of finishing this one up. No one ever talks about how bad ass Protoman is and it kind of bums me out.
 

 

Controversy != art you are right. What I'm saying is a piece that allows a deeper analysis/discussion of an aspect of that piece is really what art is about (or at least to me anyway) the Indoctrination Theory is not about the controversy/emotional aspect of the ending (that's more like the groups Retake Mass Effect ) it's about a deeper analysis/discussion on the story, to come to a different conclusion than is presented at face value, which is what I feel art is about.
 
Discussion of art is always a bit round about and pointless since everybody has different ideas of what art can be, though I do find it kind of funny that the original piece has probably done what it intended to do, whether it be an emotional reaction or spark a discussion on the nature of art and what it is. It's certainly been a pretty interesting thread.
 
Edit: I should point out that, I don't believe IT is art itself, I believe games to be art, but use ME3 as an example of what I believe art is about or can be about. Figured I should clear that up.

Video games can definitely be art, I just feel there isn't many of them. And then you have the blurry world of what constitutes one game as art and another not.
 
One might argue Project Zomboid is art; I would argue it isn't. I would argue Journey (for PS3) is art; someone else might say differently.
 
Which is why art is so abstract and hard to pin down. In the end we might just end up calling something art because we got tired debating it, and ended up walking away while stuffing our face with caviar and looking pomp.

Those pieces of articles are deeply wrong, and the authors got misguided or something. They judge if video-games is Art from a player's point of view, like the artistic work should come from the players. That's absurd.
In that case literature ain't art either, it's not an artistic work to read words sitting on a chair, nor should be painting because it ain't an artistic work to look at one.
 
Video-games is Art. Level design, sound design, story telling, 3D modelling, texturing, coding, creating a universe etc... all those takes skill and thoughts, and in the end, when you put everything together, people playing do feel emotions. Some games are just astounding by their visual aspect, some games have a deep meaningful story, some just have an interesting gameplay etc...
 

Snakes on the plan... oh wait!
 
Strider

Wow... people condemning artists and saying Art is useless feels terrifying.

You guys either lost it or have no idea what you're talking about. Tho yeah I get where you're coming come from, the outrageous prices of some "pieces of abstract art". Well Art isn't the one to be accused, it's the absurdity of the "hype" surrouding those very few privileged artists and performers that is disturbing.

I get that paintings from master/famous painters, old original books or music sheets can have historical and material values for collectors, but the hype around modern abstract art is just absurd and meaningless. (if not useful to show the twisted minds of a few rich people living out of reality).

But Art is NEVER useless. Painting, music, drawing, literature, cinema, street art, dance, martial-arts, performing, video-games, sculpting, handcraft, arts & crafts etc... Art is everywhere and that's pretty much what distinguishes us from monkeys. Art is vital, creating is vital for us. It's the expression of our understanding of the world, we use it to communicate, it can hold important ideas or a deep spiritual message, it can change one's mind, help people wonder about their surrouding (because that's important), it can spread among people faster than a zombie apocalypse. It can also be empty of meaning, just something beautiful or ugly, It can be just dumb and amuse people, it can be a rather bad catchy song to make people dance and cheer. But it can always hold a timeless message about our nature and lack of nature (and that's freakin' deep).

Questionning the use of Art is like questionning the use of Life. There's none, it just is. It's inherent to the awarness of our surrouding world, to our conscious.

Project zomboid is fockin' art.


 

An understatement, if there ever was one. Soldiers who put their very lives on the line are paid less than the average common man. You have footballers kicking a ball around a field on 50k/200k/400k a week. You have celebrities who get paid 10 million for remembering their lines and looking 'good' on television.
 
And then, you have 'art' like that bed, which is worth a couple of million... Easiest money ever.
 
But that's life; it ain't bloody fair.

Lick the butt. Yes, flash games count.

Spoiler i made that last one

I hate art like this, it is not skillful, it is not mastery, it is not heritage of humanity, it is not culture or cultured, it is not intellectual or thought inspiring, it is just degenerate filth. Shame on the artist for causing needless inflation of the economy and shame on the buyers for purchasing the very lowest muck scraped from the bottom of the barrel. People are fucking dying of illness and hunger, the shameful excess of humanity makes me sick to my stomach.

Read with bad French accent for best result: "The art is not the creation. Nor is it the idea, and not even... The emotion. Art... The art is finding the imbecile with the money and convincing him that it is art."
 
 
Here is my addition to the overpriced art collection: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02052/Rhein_II_2052673b.jpg The picture is called Rhein 2 and was sold for about $4.3 million.
 
If I die and meet god(if the man even exists), I have just two questions for him: 1. Why do the stupid have that much money? 2. Why quantum physics?