Tag: VIDEOGAMESASART

When cataclysmic events occur and human lives are lost, observers inevitably wonder how a supreme being could allow such terrible circumstances to happen to undeserving innocents. Well, those events apparently take place because He/She/It (depending upon your persuasion) is an avid gamer who has been tragically corrupted by poisonous video game violence. A piece by artist Vadim Fishkin seems ...

'Pac-Man' is easily one of the most fetishized pieces of video game nostalgia. The game has shown up nearly everywhere, from the Google home page to the fashion runway, and has inspired political attack ads and special edition Moleskines. But far more impressive, from a technical standpoint, is Microscopic 'Pac-Man.' Developed by Japanese design professor Kotoro "dotimpact" Tanaka in celebration ...

Author Salman Rushdie has accumulated an impressive array of awards during his illustrious career, but the writer is likely most well known for his novel 'The Satanic Verses,' due to the fiery response it provoked. After the book prompted Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwah, or death decree, against the author, Rushdie lived under police protection for a decade. Rushdie's ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/08/23/valves-portal-now-mandatory-reading-for-college-freshmen/'; We've dug our heels in as decidedly pro when it comes to the debate over whether or not video games are art. And, although we're not desperate for additional support, our argument has gotten a serious boost from Wabash College in Indiana. Wabash's incoming freshmen are now assigned the ...