Re: [-empyre-] games and apathy

[Lloyd Sharp <lsharp@bigpond.net.au>]

> Melinda said
> >  so when you get to a piece of 3d net art..you feel let down before you even
> >  do anything with it.... this may be your problem tom@nullpointer.. .the
> >  expectation of the adrenaline hit isnt there,
>
> I like games and I like art but I like them in different contexts and
> different moods.
>
> I reckon the sorts of experiences we seek from games and art are rather
> different; i think it is slightly misleading to try to put the two on the
> same experiential continuum


Yes - why is there a need to look only to the 'larger' 'wider' 
'bigger' audience when developing these works?

Isn't this a fundamental issue with these works - why is the work 
made using and exploring those technologies? and is it art? or 
commercial product? or something of a different variety? [ie. is art 
just another commercial realm]

Is it actually important to engage the same audience that is somehow 
engaged by the spectacle that is 3D kill fests? [or maybe just 
tetris?]

I can see how a 12 year old will get involved in a Diablo 
expedition... I have been addicted for years!... but do I have 
anything else to say or other ideas to explore with that 12 year old 
- probably not
I would rather 'play' with someone else in art...