VS Node 5: The Art of Videogames

Eddie, Christos, and Sinan discuss games as art in a podcast dedicated to Michael Jackson..

Eddie Inzauto and Christos Reid welcome Big Red Potion Podcast host Sinan Kubba to vs. Node for a stimulating discussion of games as art, as well as Michael Jackson, mergers, jiggle physics, and more.

00:00 – Welcome! Introductions.
01:44 – What we’ve been playing.
01:49 – Sinan’s been playing…
03:47 – Christos has been playing…
06:20 – Eddie’s been playing…
07:33 – News.
07:38 – Michael Jackson’s death.
12:25 – Zenimax Media buying id.
13:30 – Bethesda building FPS library.
14:51 – Mark Jacobs leaving Mythic.
16:43 – Koei Tecmo Ltd. merger.
17:40 – Jiggle physics.
18:53 – Japan’s videogame porn.
21:23 – The human form is artistic.
21:51 – Games as art discussion.
22:36 – What is art?
32:19 – Art as it applies to games.
33:53 – Art vs. high art. Where do games lie?
35:18 – Braid artists vs. Van Gogh.
39:00 – The art of creation.
39:39 – What’s more important: audio/visual or deeper meaning?
41:50 – Taking the author out of the equation.
45:05 – Observation and apprectiation without preconception.
46:38 – Poetic and literary depth. Interpretation.
48:44 – Where does the art lie? Game, gamer, or designer?
51:51 – Thanks and outro.

Intro music, “Downstream” by Shira Kammen, from Jonathan Blow’s Braid, 2008. “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson, 1979.

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