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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    SLyM wrote: »
    If you were to read the rest of that sentence, you would see the part where I say you don't win a game ANY MORE THAN you win a book. What I am saying right there is that you WIN BOOKS, by reading to the end of them.

    oh

    you're serious about that

    lmao

    redhead on
  • PhonehandPhonehand Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The Luggage wrote: »
    Phonehand wrote: »
    The performers/participants do not equal the audience. And even if they were, the game is still a game. It could be the method of performance but inherently it is not performance art.

    Even if it wasn't performance art, it would still be collaborative story-telling, which would also be art.

    It's still the same. The actual act could be art or performance art if you like but the game is just a tool. Like a paintbrush maybe?

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2010
    redhead wrote: »
    SLyM wrote: »
    If you were to read the rest of that sentence, you would see the part where I say you don't win a game ANY MORE THAN you win a book. What I am saying right there is that you WIN BOOKS, by reading to the end of them.

    oh

    you're serious about that

    lmao

    What are you, tfs' alt?

    A duck! on
  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    redhead wrote: »
    no dude what you said was "you don't really 'win' a game"

    yes

    yes, you do

    how do you win at Braid?

    Druhim on
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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Druhim wrote: »
    redhead wrote: »
    no dude what you said was "you don't really 'win' a game"

    yes

    yes, you do

    how do you win at Braid?

    by turning it off

    (I didn't think it was that bad)

    Antimatter on
  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    It was the obvious joke

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  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    A duck! wrote: »
    redhead wrote: »
    SLyM wrote: »
    If you were to read the rest of that sentence, you would see the part where I say you don't win a game ANY MORE THAN you win a book. What I am saying right there is that you WIN BOOKS, by reading to the end of them.

    oh

    you're serious about that

    lmao

    What are you, tfs' alt?

    no I am

    Burden of Proof on
  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2010
    SLyM wrote: »
    Knob wrote: »
    SLyM wrote: »
    I kinda disagree with the "you can win games so they aren't art" argument. You don't really "win" a game any more than you "win" a book by reading to the end of it.

    i win at the following fairly consistently:

    street fighter
    modern warfare 2
    risk
    backgammon
    tekken
    candy land

    are you suggesting that i am a) not winning or b) that the preceding are not games
    I'm saying that by doing whatever you need to do to get to the end of a story, be it reading words and turning pages or shooting mans and scrolling through text, you are absorbing other people's ideas. The I am saying that books are similar to games in that they require input from you to use them, just in a different way. That doesn't make them any less art.

    so how do you get to the end of the story in texas hold 'em

    Knob on
  • GSMGSM Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Winning in a game is only a measure of how much of the content has been experienced, and therefore no different from reading the last page in a book or watching the last scene in a movie.

    Winning in competitive games is a measure of who has understood the content better. It is in many ways a discussion of the content of the artwork.

    GSM on
    We'll get back there someday.
  • Octopus MelodyOctopus Melody Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    texas hold em has two endings, the good ending and the bad ending.

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  • SLyMSLyM Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I would just like to clarify that the fact that I do not believe that all games tell a story. I'm just saying the fact that they are games does not keep them from telling a story.

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2010
    actually you have no idea what you're talking about and should shut your can

    Knob on
  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Does it really matter whether or not something is "art"?

    Are you going to enjoy it differently if it is or isn't?

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  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    the smithsonian video game museum

    is at stake here bro

    Kovak on
  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2010
    I need to know if I should chug Dew or quaff wine while I play Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.

    A duck! on
  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    A duck! wrote: »
    I need to know if I should chug Dew or quaff wine while I play Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.

    mix 'em

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  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Purple drank either way for me, really.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Knob wrote: »
    SLyM wrote: »
    I kinda disagree with the "you can win games so they aren't art" argument. You don't really "win" a game any more than you "win" a book by reading to the end of it.

    i win at the following fairly consistently:

    street fighter
    modern warfare 2
    risk
    backgammon
    tekken
    candy land

    are you suggesting that i am a) not winning or b) that the preceding are not games

    That's bullshit.

    Nobody wins consistently at candy land.

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2010
    i'm a lollipop drawing motherfucker

    Knob on
  • Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Please post a new comic. This is a plea for help.

    Peter Ebel on
    Fuck off and die.
  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    cwgabriel wrote:
    People keep asking what I'll do with the 2 weeks off. It's my paternity leave. new baby arrives Monday.enjoy lookouts while I change diapers
    Awesome!

    Henroid on
  • existexist Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    jeeze they just pumpin' out babies left and right

    exist on
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  • GSMGSM Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    A new challenger appears!

    GSM on
    We'll get back there someday.
  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Knob wrote: »
    so how do you get to the end of the story in texas hold 'em

    Figure out who the cheater is and shoot 'im.

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