Games are Art: The Romeo and Juliet Argument
A short video-type-thing about one of arguments that always get repeated when the “Are games art?” debate pops up again. I mainly did this to get it out of my head.
Tag: art
My business is to Create: Roger Ebert and video games
I’ve been participating in the discussion on Roger Ebert’s article/post about video games not being art, and wanted to share a couple of brief thoughts. On twitter, Anna Anthropy asked why anyone actually cares what Roger Ebert thinks about video games. It’s a valid question, and here’s my answer: Whether …
Of Man’s first disobedience
The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, is because he was a true poet and of the Devil’s party without knowing it. – William Blake I’ve always loved this quotation of Blake’s – it’s from The …
Jonas Rambles On, Episode 1
And now for something completely different: a fresh and minty podcast! Yes, from now on this website shall feature its own delicious podcast, full of utter nonsense that no-one in their right minds wants to hear! Uh, I mean, its own incredibly interesting podcast about topics so profoundly interesting, they …
Harold Bloom and the Death of Art
“Poetry fettered fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed, or flourish, in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish!” – William Blake Let’s start with this: an excellent article by Stephen King on Harry Potter and reading in modern society. [Warning: do not read it if …