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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...
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A good example is jazz. Jazz started out as improvising musically over a melody. I love jazz that follows and plays with a melody, but hate jazz that is all freeform. Freeform can get too free. "It's so cool," they say, "Listen to the nuances." "It's so muddy," I say, "Where's the melody? Any melody will do."
Let's face it, pure freedom leaves you with everywhere to go. "Somewhere to go" is a self-imposed restriction, but takes you places.