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vs. Node #5: The Art of Videogames

Eddie, Christos, and Sinan discuss games as art in a podcast dedicated to Michael Jackson..

Eddie Inzauto and Christos Reid welcome Big Red Potion Podcast host Sinan Kubba to vs. Node for a stimulating discussion of games as art, as well as Michael Jackson, mergers, jiggle physics, and more.

00:00 - Welcome! Introductions.
01:44 - What we've been playing.
01:49 - Sinan's been playing...
03:47 - Christos has been playing...
06:20 - Eddie's been playing...
07:33 - News.
07:38 - Michael Jackson's death.
12:25 - Zenimax Media buying id.
13:30 - Bethesda building FPS library.
14:51 - Mark Jacobs leaving Mythic.
16:43 - Koei Tecmo Ltd. merger.
17:40 - Jiggle physics.
18:53 - Japan's videogame porn.
21:23 - The human form is artistic.
21:51 - Games as art discussion.
22:36 - What is art?
32:19 - Art as it applies to games.
33:53 - Art vs. high art. Where do games lie?
35:18 - Braid artists vs. Van Gogh.
39:00 - The art of creation.
39:39 - What's more important: audio/visual or deeper meaning?
41:50 - Taking the author out of the equation.
45:05 - Observation and apprectiation without preconception.
46:38 - Poetic and literary depth. Interpretation.
48:44 - Where does the art lie? Game, gamer, or designer?
51:51 - Thanks and outro.

Intro music, "Downstream" by Shira Kammen, from Jonathan Blow's Braid, 2008. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson, 1979.

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