Tag Archives: art
A Follow-Up on Taylor Clark’s Atlantic Piece on Jonathan Blow
A few days ago I put up a piece about the authorship of games. In that post, I responded to the profile of Jonathan Blow that Taylor Clark wrote for The Atlantic. The short version of my post is that focusing … Continue reading
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A Quick Bit on Ellis’ Supergod
I am really busy. The semester is ending. I have books about feminism and science fiction to read, as well as some fairy tales. It has been that kind of year. Anyway, I read Warren Ellis’ Supergod this past weekend. If you … Continue reading
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On the Authorship of Games
I am sure that everyone has read the article in The Atlantic about Jonathan Blow. If you haven’t, here it is. Here is a quick list of what I learned from the article: 1. Jonathan Blow is kind of a dick. 2. … Continue reading
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Some Preliminary Thoughts on Groys’ Art Power
I started reading Boris Groys’ Art Power yesterday. Well, by “started reading” I mean that I slogged through the introduction; I find Groys fascinating but dry, which is probably more of a byproduct of translation than anything else. I enjoyed the opening … Continue reading
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Bogost’s Unit Operations and the Strangeness of Simulation
Over the Christmas break, and on Christmas day itself, I was reading Ian Bogost’s Unit Operations: An Approach to Video Game Criticism. Immediately after that I read a Thomas M. Disch novel, but after that I read Tom Bissell’s Extra Lives: … Continue reading
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Current Times 11
1. Patrick Rothfuss wrote a little piece on American Gods. I think that it’s fun, and it really speaks to an enjoyment of the book that I feel. I saw P. Roth on a panel at The House on the … Continue reading
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On Art 3
So every few months I get the urge to make a blog post about art, the state of art, what art can be, and what have you. You can find On Art 1 and On Art 2 at those links, … Continue reading
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One Chance
So I’ve commented on the “are games art?” debate before, and that was more skiddling about the idea of art, but I’ve come upon something today that has lights going off in my head. I just played a game called … Continue reading
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James O. Young on some art stuff
I can get down with this, and it speaks to my other posts on art, I think. Under certain circumstances, I am extremely reluctant to say that an act of free artistic expression is wrong, even when it is profoundly … Continue reading
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