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Remind me of a quote from Alan Moore: "Writers and people who had command of words were respected and feared as people who manipulated magic. In latter times
by ctchocula 9y ago
Remind me of a quote from Alan Moore:
"Writers and people who had command of words were respected and feared as people who manipulated magic.
In latter times I think that artists and writers have allowed themselves to be sold down the river. They have accepted the prevailing belief that art and writing are merely forms of entertainment. They’re not seen as transformative forces that can change a human being, that can change a society. They are seen as simple entertainment—things with which we can fill twenty minutes, half an hour, while we’re waiting to die.
It is not the job of artists to give the audience what the audience want. If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn’t be the audience; they would be the artists. It is the job of artists to give the audience what they need."
-The Mindscape of Alan Moore
- pas 9y ago> If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn’t be the audience; they would be the artists. Games know what they want. They complain very loudly, when they get something different than what they wanted/expected. Of course game developers and publishers again want slightly (or completely, I'm looking at you Electronic Arts) things. Developers want that artistic meaning, publishers want a lot of safe money, while gamers want to enjoy the game, they want the flow [0], the feeling of conquering a hard but not impossible challenge. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)