The following was meant to be a comment to
[url]http://bitmob.com/index.php/mobfeed/Video-Games-as-Art-Mo-Money-Mo-Problems-.html[/url], but due to my rambling nature and tangential approach to writing and ideas it really outgrew the comment area. Roadmap: the relationship between technology and technique, business and investment, and artistic language and how they all grow together for any expressive medium (video games included, with mirrors to film history); what holds back the flowering of video games as an artistic medium; on death in video games; and some closely related tangents. All right, I guess with this as my first post in BitMob, I can get a feel for how the community works...
First off, I agree with pretty much the entire article and find the insights useful for my own thoughts on games as art, except the last 2 big paragraphs. I meander in my writings, so please bear.