The fact of the matter is these laws are designed to help out parents who, for whatever reason, don't have the time to keep an eye on their kids. I understand that there may be other circumstances which prevent a parent from doing so in today's fast, modern economy, but that's a separate problem in itself that should be saved for another discussion. Ultimately our society is on a fast track to the nanny state.
originalgamer03 Posted May 22, 2011 3:40 am GMT -12 so many of you are really friggin stupid. the law is no different then the laws preventing a minor from buying smokes, booze, or r rated movies. we have a law in place here in canada where it has to be an adult who purchases the game. that way then parents n such actually know what their kids are playing. without such a law a 12 yr old kid can walk into a store and buy a game like manhunt for example and the parents might never know... i have too wonder how many of you are actually adults and how many are really kids who wont get to play violent video games anymore cause mommie and daddy will need to be with you. I have to wonder if you graduated highschool with that kind of writing...
Also, many games are criticized or praised for being "outside the box." Games are also praised and criticized for their story lines, which invoke "thought and ideas." It takes creativity and an artistic expression to tell a unique story and organize all the interactive elements to portray that story. Just because it is an interactive form of entertainment doesn't mean that art is negated. I think that this is a novel art form that people 100s of years from now will appreciate. I wonder what the consensus was on films when they first were being developed.
@flamefeather: Agreed. And the harmonization of all these artistic elements is an artform itself. How you harmonize all the elements goes a long way towards the artistic expression of the game. There really isn't too much of a difference between a film and a game if you think about it. One's just meant to be interactive. Anyone who thinks that gaming isn't an art form in the face of all these facts in limiting their thought inside the box.
Games are definitely an art form nowadays. I don't go to art school but I have taken system design classes and have a friend who goes to art school and the process of creating and implementing the design in video games is similar to how artists in art school do their thing. Video games nowadays require loads of creativity. There is creativity involved when creating the core system concept and when creating the art concepts. Ofcourse games are an artform. They are, atleast just in current days, novel and non-conventional art forms.
@SLQMASTER Yes I do agree with you that the resolutions could be different, but if they were, wouldn't there be a noticeable difference in the visual quality? Looking at these pictures there clearly isn't. It's all good and all that the blue ray can hold more data, but how is that advantage shown in these pictures? What makes PS3 games graphically better than xbox 360? How is that extra data storage shown through the graphics?
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