(ex. A urinal on display in an art house)

So we have to know that the creators were intending ‘art’ before we can say something is art?

That’s kind of a high bar, requiring telepathy in many cases.

“I have no idea what happened to him to become a fucking nutjob, other than “got old and remained white.”

IIRC, Ebert’s definition of art came down to, ‘stuff that moves ME emotionally,’ and since he refused to play video games, they could not move him, so were therefore not art.

A lot of people pointed out the idiocy of that, but he refused to back down.

I don’t think you need “evidence” or anything; video games are an art form because they are something created by people - ambition or quality or institutional legitimacy aren’t required for that. Assuming Gorogoa is as great as Gerardi is saying, I’m happy we’ve got another game to show the values of the medium, but I…

I was looking this up a few days ago, and it looks exactly up my alley. Traditional sliding block puzzles are pretty much all beyond my abilities, but something like this, where you have to engage with the environment, more interesting both mechanically and thematically.

The thing I love about games like this (and Her Story, etc) are that the mechanics, while original, are accessible enough that there is no impediment for anyone to enjoy it. It’s nice to recommend it to non-gamer or casual gamer friends and have them finally understand what you mean when you talk about the artistic…

A trillion times, no less.

Well, he made Erykah Badu cry and had to apologize to her mom.

but I haven’t heard of Andre 3000 doing anything untoward.

Oh, no, not Jams Franco!

Try it and then you will understand. You can even say you are doing it for a reason, not just for the hell of it.

Point out dubiousness of a source, repeat questionable allegations anyway.

So, no police report or civil suit, but a repeated demand for money? From a private company?

There is an easy way of finding out why people do it. I suggest you ask a friend to share some weed with you. Expand your world a little.

That’s pretty judgemental coming from someone who licks his balls all day.

“We were just making some meat balls. This is a meat ball festival. Now, excuse me, I have to go make some meat balls.”

And we couldn’t have had Schindler’s List without Hitler, so...

Well, trashdigger or not, Wolff is the guy who made this possible: