![]() The Mona Lisa says nothing to me personally I don't find it aesthetically appealing or of any particular significance. So why can't someone stop and appreciate the artistry of a hammer? They may not be the most interesting works in the world, but they are art nonetheless. What, have you never been to an art gallery where they're exhibiting things as banal as pots? That doesn't mean these things are not also practical tools, but they do have form, they have shapes and textures and colours, and they have significance, both influenced by and influencing human needs. Yes, I completely agree that forks and hammers are art, when you want to look at them that way. Neither does Call Of Duty meet any of these expectations of "art", yes Call Of Duty was made by human hands, but no does it have any more than ordinary signicance, intricacy, or appeal to anyone other than young children who also think war is fun and would like joining the army because it looked cool in Call Of Duty. This is the 21st century in this day and age those tools have no "aesthetic principles of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance", yes we may take them for granted but nevertheless it does not meet those terms. To treat "art" as an attribute innate to some objects but not others is pointless arrogance that serves only to reinforce biases and ultimately limit human understanding.Īs an avid reader of RPS and fan of John Walker's articles, your definition of "art" would imply a fork, or a hammer would be a work of art. And it should be, in the interest of understanding it, all our works and indeed ourselves more thoroughly. Call of Duty can be analysed and understood as a work of art like practically everything else made by human hands. Whether or not CoD is good art or interesting art or whatever, and all the reasons why or why not, are different questions. John Walker (of rockpapershotgun etc) put it quite succinctly on Twitter the other day: "There is no clearer means of expressing one's self-possessed stupidity than when one declares what is or is not art. You can't honestly be saying the likes of Call Of Duty is art. Of course it's art, it's a thing somebody made with the hope of in some way affecting an audience, or nobody. I am sick of hearing this from people whose experience of the arts is so narrow that they think the word is some badge of quality or legitimacy. Originally posted by einexile:You lost me at art. Once you let Dear Esther's story take hold of you it will never let go. ![]() Don't be afraid to play through it multiple times for all of the audio clips are randomized and the environments are non-linear, therefore you will have not seen the entire world or experienced the entire story in one playthrough. If you are unsure, take a chance to be deeply moved by this story. If stories aren't your thing the environments alone are worth $2.49 to wander around in. Dear Esther is one of those stories you will not forget. It may not be for everyone, but for $2.49 Dear Esther is a masterpiece, "games" are interactive while art is something that will stay in your heart forever. ![]() ![]() Dear Esther is very emotional, the story is unlike anything I have experienced. There is no rush go ahead explore everywhere, go places you thought were impossible to get to. Delving into the mind-twisting themes, motifs and symbols, Dear Esther will have a dramatic effect on you. If you go into Dear Esther letting its immersion take hold of you, taking in the beautiful environments and music. You are paying $2.49 for an amazing experience spanning approximately 1 hr to 1.5 hrs. I'm curious which other games might work.Before everyone says blah blah this game isn't a game, Hold W is the game. Just to be clear, I've only just launched these games and walked around for a couple of minutes. Then just enjoy :) im sure you gonna enjoy a lot, VR fits like a glove here and if you love the game before, you gonna love even more now :).īTW the plugin is generic, must work with most games using unity 5.0 to 5.5 (tried firewatch too and works great too with a few tweaks) and someones with 4.6-4.7 but with more tweaking needed.ĮDIT: Got Firewatch to boot up as well. Just download this then extract the content of the rar in the instalation folder of the game, move DearEsther.exe over IPA.exe, then launch steamVR and launch game in the new direct access created by the plugin in the Dear Esther folder. Here's the relevant info from the post on the linked steam discussion:
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