As an art form, video games may have been a victim of their own success. It took film 50 years to develop its own language and style (first film recorded in 188

As an art form, video games may have been a victim of their own success. It took film 50 years to develop its own language and style (first film recorded in 1888, first successful long form narrative in film 1915, citizen Kane, arguably the turning point for modern cinema in the mainstream in 1941, before that film copied stage plays in style and form), so maybe the unique properties of games will become more mainstream, instead of the brief bursts of genius we see from the indie segment are still on track. It also may be a generational thing - there’s no way I could ever convince my mom that games can be deep experiences that question agency and identity in a way passive media can’t, but someone my age may not agree but at least they buy that it’s a possibility, growing up with a medium and internalizing the language and symbols might be a prerequisite to having that kind of connection to art. But it’s amazing to see that commitment to that future from those early days - as a yearly attendant to (non-COVID) GDC I’m amazed I haven’t heard of this talk, but it really resonates with me