Re: ART vs. DRAMA

[David Galiel <web@galiel.com>]

What a silly discussion, all about who "wins" and who can "beat" the 
"opponent" - so much of what motivates game design these days.

Make what you want, and let the audience/players/participants/public decide.

Then, if they like it, you will pontificate about how vindicated you are.

And, if they don't like it, you will pontificate about how the "masses" 
don't get your art.

It will still be a bullshit discussion, and if you just stopped trying 
to define everyone else according to your standards and insist that 
everyone think your way, we will be able to get on with a productive 
conversation.

Instead, after chastising Mark for being strident, you are doing the 
exact same thing, Brandon, shouting people down with your very partial 
understanding of complex issues, just because they have a different 
opinion about what constitutes art.

There is no right or wrong here, there is only opinion, point of view, 
and intent. The rest is a useless flame war.

This is why I don't bother to participate in discussions here anymore, 
like so many others that I know lurk and hope to learn in the 
interstices between the bombast.

There is so much opportunity for everyone to gain in a win-win 
situation, if certain folks here would stop trying to control and 
dictate the conversation, and just let people freely exchange ideas in a 
spirit of sharing and learning.