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FakeGAF Episode 5: The Thirst Awakens
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seriously though, i think anything created that is recognized to provoke emotions is art. does not need intent for it to be art
and yes that pretty much means everything is
i'm considering sudoku
and yes that pretty much means everything is
i'm considering sudoku
Halcyon
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:: looking at old deviant art page ::
most of it is embarrassing
a couple are ok
drew this in 2006
also this... a friend posed for it
I've been at this a long ass time
first one looks like Lacey Chabert.
trab pu kcip
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art is a terrible term. Just because something is bad art doesn't keep it from being art. Games are full of so many works of art that it's sometimes hard to draw a cohesive principle from the whole, but that doesn't make it not art.
Here are some great examples of shit that's technically art:
Some fanart is amazing. Some paintings, sculptures and tattoos are breath-taking. You don't get to decide something is not art just because it's not something you appreciate. So no more of this Uncharted is killing the art form or game devs can't be artful please. Thank you!
it's not about personal preferences but more about art vs. product. series like Uncharted are enabling the same mind numbing action formular to be repeated again, again and again. of course there is artistic work involved in making these games but stuff like this is literally killing other creative ideas that simply don't have a chance on the market anymore. you can still like it of course. but yeah.
Prophet Steve
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Is Trump art?
friskykillface
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I wish I could draw, I'd cross over so many franchises
yes. the natural evolution of art in fact
Prophet Steve
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Would take some effort to find a spot on the wall for that...
But it is not like enjoying Pollock is some very unpopular opinion, I do too. Well, I like some of his stuff.
You Know Nothing
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on the nose!
oh my god I drew a couple of furries on here... I think I blocked this out...
Prophet Steve
Member
Everything must have been a statement on the politics in the US. What an incredible artist and piece of art.
lmao if it wasn't as huge lol. maybe like nicely resized canvas print. like 4-5 ft wide.
is your game art ?
I think this is too cynical. The existence of Uncharted isn't stopping other games from being made.
yes it is. if I was in charge and I said no more uncharted, ever, they'd have to make something else!
irrelevant question. anything is art. my niece drew dragon yesterday. that's art. my mom cooked a meal here last week and that was art.
Then you can draw monstrosities like me
I don't think that's how it works. They might end up working on my little pony ghost adventure
You Know Nothing
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I don't think he's that self-aware!
I think this is not cynical enough. the success of soulless triple A games does indeed prevent them from focusing their efforts elsewhere. its how capitalism works.
you're going to trigger Jobbs
Halcyon
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That's the point. I'm taking these Uncharted haters down from the inside.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I was drawing an asian and lacey chabert ain't no asian
HP_Wuvcraft
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I'm going to the dentist in 30. We'll be twins.
At SDCC years ago, there was some dude with a whiteboard you could sign to "ban Twilight from Comic-Con". People would write their first names but not last.
It was like when I worked at the mailroom at UC Santa Cruz. The fucking students actually made a petition to get us all fired (and replaced with.... more mailroom staff?) and posted it on the mailroom door like Martin Luther. Some of the choice quotes were "sorting mail is the easiest job in the world - and you can't even do that".
Some kid one day even stuck a knife in it.
liliththepale
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Why? Because you like looking at it better or because of the prestige?
I mean, you do realize (at least with Naughty Dog) that making Uncharted has been a very conscious choice, right? That was something they wanted to do, not were compelled by the market. You may absolutely disagree on how successful their various efforts have been, but they were trying to advance and expand the medium. They also have improved nearly everything that's being complained about here in the new game if early impressions are anything to go by.
If you're afraid of growing pains then you'll never grow. There are very many awkward things in Uncharted games and parts of them that frustrate me, but I will not say they have been anything but great for the games industry.
Prophet Steve
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But that is part of the statement! The lack of self-awareness.
Yeah, I think the popularity of Uncharted lowers the amount of other types of games. It hasn't been anywhere as bad as the COD games.
For example the first Tomb Raider reboot game which was almost entirely devoid of puzzles. I doubt it would have been the same type of game if Uncharted would not have existed.
I'm not going to get into an argument for or against the merits of Capitalism, but the creation of an art product doesn't nullify some hypothetical product that could be made in it's place by the exact same people. It's unfair to point at Naughty Dog and say that they could be making something else when it's entirely possible that given the opportunity to create "true art" or some such bullshit they'd still make Uncharted.
The existence of Uncharted isn't stopping Jobbs from making his game, or anyone else. There isn't an 'art pool' that Naughty Dog is stealing from to create this now seemingly universally reviled game.
If anything, uncharted really only spawned the tomb raider reboot. It's not as bad as fps games making us storm the beaches of Normandy dozens of times, or the atari crash.
Further, the existence of a critically acclaimed adventure series that crosses genre and cultural demarcation lines quite probably inspired art, not stifled it.
We need MORE of EVERYTHING not just MORE of what some people consider "true art".
Without The Rolling Stones we never would have gotten The Stooges.
We need MORE of EVERYTHING not just MORE of what some people consider "true art".
Without The Rolling Stones we never would have gotten The Stooges.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
My wall is covered in art from Scott Shaw!, David Willis, etc.
Is that not proper art?
I wish I had more art for my walls. They are frankly pretty bare.
Can't tell if serious.
Can't tell if serious.
Saying something is representative of the death of the artform is clearly hyperbolic, but to me UC games are manifestly contrary to what is unique and important about video games. As I said before, they treat the user's mere presence as an inconvenience that has to be planned around. This is terrible!
UC's success led to things like Tomb Raider 2013 -- Which, while it wasn't as bad as any UC game, clearly contained some of the cancerous tissue
I know what's "good" about video games is entirely subjective, but we all look out our own windows.
We are "post golden age" in gaming right now... As a younger medium everything was an experiment. At some point things sort of become whittled down to design by spreadsheet as publishers chase money
Every time a braindead stupid shit gam elike UC2 achieves commercial and critical success it has a negative effect on gaming in general and, in my view, represents the death of the artform
at least it wouldn't be uncharted
Sarcasm doesn't transfer well in text unless it's obvious.
No, I really loved that trophy. And hitbox got bigger if I recall it correctly and it was quite difficult to achieve
And I never laugh at fat person, because I have quite some history with weight problems myself.
trab pu kcip
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Satire is a very elaborate form of sarcasm
Halcyon
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My father in law literally paints decorative art for a living. I have full access to hundreds of originals. He sells stuff at Crate & Barrel and places like that. We have art all over the house.
its an artform
Nerdkiller
Membeur
that makes me feel things i wish i never felt
Prophet Steve
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True art indeed.
My envy is off the charts right now.
Good friend of mine lives two floors above me. His girlfriend is very artsy and has decorated their apartment incredibly well so it looks really homey and cheerful. Every time I am up there I come back down to my place and it looks so boring.
It's impossible to be satirical without being sarcastic.
I'd love to have the stretching portraits from the Haunted Mansion hanging on my wall.
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