Sci-Fi Writer Considers BioShock's Artistic Merit

The LevelUp blog considers an article on the Washington Post site, where their tech columnist did a little experiment. He set Science Fiction author Michael Dirda down in front of Irrational's BioShock, and asked him to consider the game's artistic merit. N'Gai has himself some interesting commentary about the article, which raises a flurry of question on its own: "Dirda, to use his word, doesn't know the 'rhetoric' of video games. Me: I've spent so much time playing video games over the years that I'd forgotten people aren't born instinctively knowing how to 'circlestrafe' a monster ... 'I could lose myself in this, in some ways, easier than in a book,' he said. Dirda said the game showed him that video games 'obviously have artistic value' and will likely become more of a recognized art form. So: Is BioShock art? 'I would hesitate to go that far,' he said after a short pause."

Comments

Re:Sad, isn't it?

[Chemisor]

> Anyhow, just like everything else in life, something that only makes you happy gets boring pretty quickly.

So, is this a justification for the war in Iraq?

Re:The Interesting Thing

[Anonymous Coward]

This is why talentless hacks like Picasso and Jackson Pollock become successful.