Video Games as Art
August 5, 2007
I’ve never liked Roger Ebert. Mostly because he’s a pompous ass who seems to think that if there isn’t something deeply profound about a movie (and even if there is, he’ll often miss the point), then the movie is a useless piece of trash.
Well, as you can imagine he doesn’t think much of video games. I always find this point of view entirely frustrating, because the people defending it are almost always (and certainly in this case) highly unfamiliar with the material in question. If you’re going to have an opinion about something, why not give it a fair chance, maybe even take a look at some of the premium examples of artwork that medium has to offer. Comparing Clive Barker’s Undying to Romeo and Juliet is comparable to comparing Terminator 2 to The Tempest, but I’m not trying to tell you that Film isn’t a valid art form.
So essentially what I’m saying here Rog is shut the fuck up.
iD Games on Steam
August 5, 2007
It seems that iD software dumped most of their catalog onto Steam a couple of days ago.
I never thought I’d be buying the Commander Keen series for $4.99 in 2007.
- Commander Keen, Episodes 1 through 5
- Wolfenstein 3D
- Spear of Destiny
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- Ultimate DOOM
- DOOM II
- Master Levels for DOOM II
- Final DOOM
- DOOM3
- DOOM3: Resurrection of Evil
- QUAKE
- QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
- QUAKE Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
- QUAKE II
- QUAKE II Mission Pack: The Reckoning
- QUAKE II Mission Pack: Ground Zero
- QUAKE III Arena
- QUAKE III: Team Arena
- Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
- HeXen
- HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
- HeXen II
Now, the thing that kind of scares me is the iD Super Pack, which includes every iD game Steam offers (namely the above).
But it’s 62.95!
I buy a LOT of Steam games. A LOT. I’ve repurchased several games I already own on Steam just because it was more convenient (Thief 3, The Longest Journey, Psychonauts), but I don’t really see myself jumping on board 60 bucks worth of like, Heretic, and HeXen, and Quake.. All of them.
But then, I was never really into Quake, so maybe this one just isn’t aimed at me.
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