I remember getting that game, and being annoyed that you couldn't set your character's skin and hair colour - nothing would happen when you clicked those buttons. A patch to the game came out quickly, though, so I was happy to download it and have some character customization.
(To be honest, I think this is a problem inherent in the industry itself. Think about it - we refer to our art as video *games*. Games. I think that, to truly bring about a revolution in interactive art, we need to change that perception - and fundamental nature - of video games as a whole...but that's a conversation for another day.)
Perhaps, but keep in mind that other art forms are known by undignified names as well - "movies". "Novel". Movies and novels do have alternate names of "cinema" and "literature", but the casual terms are more common.
I don't think we need to send the industry on a mission to turn video games into, I dunno.. "interactive storytelling", as Bioshock press releases put it? Just have some dedicated artists make some good and serious video games, and things will change naturally over time, just like any other artform that moved from purely entertainment to reputable capital-A Art.
Even with its problems, Rockstar, thank you; every art form needs to be dragged through a valley of trouble and controversy before it matures into something respected and true, and however clumsily, you were the agent of the beginning.
"Keep Peter Moore, get rid of Jeff Bell." And then a picture of Jeff Bell's smiling face.
As far as heckling goes, that was pretty mild. Hard to tell apart from an ordinary opinion, really. And if the heckling comes from just letting the photo speak for itself - well, Mr. Bell, *you're* the one who smiled for it.
It's just strange that he decided to talk back on some Internet insult. And on such a mild one, at that.
On the other hand, gruesome deaths weren't all *that* common in Fallout - they only became so if you chose the "Bloody Mess" perk when you were creating their character. I remember one interview with a Bethesda developer, though, where they claimed that Fallout was all about that "Bloody Mess".
Bethesda seems to be trying to remain faithful to the Fallout license, but it's skewed by their opinions; they seem to like the flashy, surface aspects of the game and play them up, at the expense of the more sober, tragic, or intellectual aspects.
Today in Joystiq: November 21, 2007
Nov 22nd 2007 7:15AM (Joystiq)Man, I wanted to play Space Turkeys for real, it looked pretty cool.
Dungeon Lords expansion, sequel announced, world asks why?
Nov 20th 2007 12:18PM (Joystiq)The patch disabled and greyed out those buttons.
Re-Mission devs HopeLab cause serious Ruckus
Oct 1st 2007 5:30PM (Joystiq)Halo 3's final days of marketing assault
Sep 21st 2007 12:50PM (Joystiq)COVEEEENANT INNNN MY SKINNNNNNN
THESE WOUNDSSS THEY WILLLLL NOT HALOOOOOO
Book critic plays BioShock, says it's not quite "art"
Sep 17th 2007 1:33PM (Joystiq)Take a look at "Shakespeare in the Bush"..
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/people/home/idris/Essays/Shakes_in_Bush.htm
Book critic plays BioShock, says it's not quite "art"
Sep 17th 2007 8:56AM (Joystiq)Perhaps, but keep in mind that other art forms are known by undignified names as well - "movies". "Novel". Movies and novels do have alternate names of "cinema" and "literature", but the casual terms are more common.
I don't think we need to send the industry on a mission to turn video games into, I dunno.. "interactive storytelling", as Bioshock press releases put it? Just have some dedicated artists make some good and serious video games, and things will change naturally over time, just like any other artform that moved from purely entertainment to reputable capital-A Art.
Don't move, just listen: Automatic Mario goes anime music
Sep 16th 2007 5:50PM (Joystiq)Rockstar's rise and fall told by the common worker
Jul 25th 2007 5:34PM (Joystiq)[Updated] Jeff Bell asks message board user: "And your contribution to society is ... what?"
Jul 18th 2007 8:43PM (Joystiq)As far as heckling goes, that was pretty mild. Hard to tell apart from an ordinary opinion, really. And if the heckling comes from just letting the photo speak for itself - well, Mr. Bell, *you're* the one who smiled for it.
It's just strange that he decided to talk back on some Internet insult. And on such a mild one, at that.
New Fallout 3 screens show violent tendencies
Jul 18th 2007 7:41AM (Joystiq)Bethesda seems to be trying to remain faithful to the Fallout license, but it's skewed by their opinions; they seem to like the flashy, surface aspects of the game and play them up, at the expense of the more sober, tragic, or intellectual aspects.