lordofduct
Established Member
Who the hell says that a genre in videogame on describes the GAMEPLAY? This makes no sense at all. Genre by definition is a style of art described by its content and similarities. May it be paintings with there themes (i.e. gothic) there look (i.e. surrealism, cubism) there topic (i.e. fiction, non fiction, political, biographical). Video Games, like music or movies or paintings, is creative ART.
Art - Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature. (dictionary.com)
Videogames are art for the fact that it is humans trying to immitate real life through; drawings, 3d, story, interaction with the player, music, immitation of physics(i.e. half life 2), need i continue!
In such it should also be categorized like art would be. Thus keeping in mind its look, feel, and gameplay. Survival Horrors are usually third person perspective shorters with puzzles and a horrific atmosphere usually portrayed through cinematic angles. Seen in the still shots in games like RE or AitD and SH... This draws emotion out of the viewer of the art.
genre - A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content. [dictionary.com] for further proof... thats conitinue with composition
composition - Arrangement of artistic parts so as to form a unified whole.
So to continue... a genre of video game would be - A categorized arrangement of natural immitating or alerteration created by humans to create a videogame.
And many genres are defined by there creators - Cubism was developed between about 1908 and 1912 in a collaboration between Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.[artcyclopedia.com] They chose to name it so, the creators of survival horror decided on that name!!!!!!!
OH OH OH, my logic is based on that of FACT and RESEARCH and general intuition you confrontational dick weed!
And I am sorry if this sounds like a flame to anyone else other then schmuck her crazygoon... but he just pissed me off when he wanted to judge my LOGIC by criticizing a stupid little post of mine that was also there to show how LITTLE I admittedly knew about MMORPG's. What the hell else would of I asked the question back there if I knew what one was?... I am an old school console gamer.
Art - Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature. (dictionary.com)
Videogames are art for the fact that it is humans trying to immitate real life through; drawings, 3d, story, interaction with the player, music, immitation of physics(i.e. half life 2), need i continue!
In such it should also be categorized like art would be. Thus keeping in mind its look, feel, and gameplay. Survival Horrors are usually third person perspective shorters with puzzles and a horrific atmosphere usually portrayed through cinematic angles. Seen in the still shots in games like RE or AitD and SH... This draws emotion out of the viewer of the art.
genre - A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content. [dictionary.com] for further proof... thats conitinue with composition
composition - Arrangement of artistic parts so as to form a unified whole.
So to continue... a genre of video game would be - A categorized arrangement of natural immitating or alerteration created by humans to create a videogame.
And many genres are defined by there creators - Cubism was developed between about 1908 and 1912 in a collaboration between Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.[artcyclopedia.com] They chose to name it so, the creators of survival horror decided on that name!!!!!!!
OH OH OH, my logic is based on that of FACT and RESEARCH and general intuition you confrontational dick weed!
And I am sorry if this sounds like a flame to anyone else other then schmuck her crazygoon... but he just pissed me off when he wanted to judge my LOGIC by criticizing a stupid little post of mine that was also there to show how LITTLE I admittedly knew about MMORPG's. What the hell else would of I asked the question back there if I knew what one was?... I am an old school console gamer.
