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javasaurus) wrote2003-12-19 12:19 pm
javasaurus) wrote2003-12-19 12:19 pm
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Nice article that only says what many of us have said for years. Put the fun back into our video games! MSN article on nostalgic games
The article makes connections between video games and sonnets, saying, "Often it's restrictions, not freedoms, that inspire creativity." I have been previous blasted for suggesting the same thing...I have often suggested that artists who make free-form art, without restrictions on style, cost, or materials, are lesser artists than those who produce greatness within assigned (even self-assigned) boundaries. I suppose the same can be said of politicians...
The article makes connections between video games and sonnets, saying, "Often it's restrictions, not freedoms, that inspire creativity." I have been previous blasted for suggesting the same thing...I have often suggested that artists who make free-form art, without restrictions on style, cost, or materials, are lesser artists than those who produce greatness within assigned (even self-assigned) boundaries. I suppose the same can be said of politicians...