VS Node 5: The Art of Videogames

Eddie Inzauto and Christos Reid welcome Big Red Potion Podcast host Sinan Kubba to Versus 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.