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BlogPopular film critic Roger Ebert (who writes for the Chicago Sun-Times) is standing by his previous argument that "video games can never be art".

He refers to a talk by Kellee Santiago (video game designer, producer and President & Co-Founder of thatgamecompany¹) who made various points against Ebert's claim. His core argument is:

No one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparison with the great poets, filmmakers, novelists and poets.

Notes

1. kelleesantiago.com ↩

BlogAs reported by Kotaku Shigeru Miyamoto (Nintendo's creator of Mario, Zelda, Star Fox and Donkey Kong among others) has advised he's in no rush to retire at all.

Well, I am one of the company workers and the company has to retire me some time. So from that perspective, yes I may have to retire from Nintendo some day. But when I look around and see how aged cartoonists continue to work on their manga and how movie directors create new movies all the time, I understand that they would never retire. And by the same token, I guess I will still be making games somehow. The only question is whether the younger people will be willing to work with me at that far point in the future. Read on

BlogThis video argues the case for an R rating in video games in Australia in simple animation form and presents clear arguments to those who may not be familiar with the issue.

As a budding politics student it makes be extremely angry that the public is slowly flowing to this side of thinking and no government opinion exists (outside the Attorneys General).

BlogWandering the internet in search of anime news/events today I found an interesting opinion piece on Anime News Network's 'The X Button' column.

It felt very familiar to me. In the days of my youth I discovered (somewhat later than most) Final Fantasy VII. I have enjoyed the many many hours of slogging through various Japanese RPGs since then as complicated tales of political intrigue, romance and betrayal unfolded in between furious battles. Yet in more recent times I have become bored with the genre. I've half finished Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, only played about 5 hours of Final Fantasy XII (yes, that's right, I said it) and only played the first hour or so of Star Ocean: The Last Hope (I blame the terrible voice acting). Read on

BlogWell I'm now a level 3 Tarutaru black mage on Fenrir. The setup for Final Fantasy XI is still extremely annoying, and it no doubt was complicated by my purchase through Steam. Here are a few gripes and (to my suprise) pleasantries I have found so far while playing/installing/setting up. Read on

BlogI've tried Final Fantasy XI before, twice in fact. Yet my boredom with World of Warcraft has hit the point of me taking a break again. A break that will see me simply play another MMO. The void that is left when you stop playing an MMO is scary, I haven't even played that much WoW in a long time, haven't raided for at least 6 months. Read on