Technically, you are participating in an illegal activity. That means you can get in trouble with the law no matter how you voice your dissent. I'd start looking for a new job. Once you have one lined up, turn them in. That way they won't be able to take you down with them. They are bound to get caught eventually (and they should). Why should someone who is against the policy go down with them? Get out fast.
While I agree with what FhnuZoag is saying, I would disagree that there is no such thing as art. Art exists, it is a matter of whether it is good or bad. In my experience, bad art is often referred to as not art. Paintings can be art, writing can be art, but not all of it is good. The really bad stuff is what would be considered not art.
This is where what FhnuZoag is saying comes in. Who decides what is good, and what is so bad that it doesn't even deserve the title of "art" are "self-appointed judges regarding their own arbitary tastes."
My take on this article is that the debate is over the question of whether or not videogames have the potential to be art. To this I say:
Is painting an artform?
Is writing an artform?
Is music an artform?
Is film an artform?
How are video games any different than any of these? So what if they're interactive? Why can't interactivity be an artistic mechanism? The gaming subculture already has countless people who annalyze and critique videogames tirelessly as if they are an artform. If it is treated as an artform, then it is an artform.
No matter what anybody says, videogames can be works of art, both good and bad; Just like paintings; just like music; just like film.
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Technically, you are participating in an illegal activity. That means you can get in trouble with the law no matter how you voice your dissent. I'd start looking for a new job. Once you have one lined up, turn them in. That way they won't be able to take you down with them. They are bound to get caught eventually (and they should). Why should someone who is against the policy go down with them? Get out fast.
While I agree with what FhnuZoag is saying, I would disagree that there is no such thing as art. Art exists, it is a matter of whether it is good or bad. In my experience, bad art is often referred to as not art. Paintings can be art, writing can be art, but not all of it is good. The really bad stuff is what would be considered not art.
This is where what FhnuZoag is saying comes in. Who decides what is good, and what is so bad that it doesn't even deserve the title of "art" are "self-appointed judges regarding their own arbitary tastes."
My take on this article is that the debate is over the question of whether or not videogames have the potential to be art. To this I say:
Is painting an artform?
Is writing an artform?
Is music an artform?
Is film an artform?
How are video games any different than any of these? So what if they're interactive? Why can't interactivity be an artistic mechanism? The gaming subculture already has countless people who annalyze and critique videogames tirelessly as if they are an artform. If it is treated as an artform, then it is an artform.
No matter what anybody says, videogames can be works of art, both good and bad; Just like paintings; just like music; just like film.