🚀 go-pugleaf

Old debate, I know. But I never thought video games were an artform
myself. Sure, the music could be great or the art could be moving, but
in those cases, it was the musical track or the onscreen picture that
was art, not the game.

I wouldn't say that my opinion has necessarily changed, but I've
definitely been less sure since I played Zelda: Majora's Mask. Various
components of the game (the simple little race with the ghost general,
for instance) um, moved me. There was an artistic reality furthered by
that scene. The follow-up -- the recognition and salute that came as
the scene closes -- was just undeniably powerful in some way, and the
interactive nature of what came before it both enhanced its
significance and was mandated if the importance of that was to shine
through.

I don't know if games can be art, but if they are, Majora's Mask is.
Wonderful, wonderful game that maybe people would do well to check out
of a library two or three decades down the line, hardware difficulties
inherent to that idea aside. I wouldn't criticize a library for
carrying it, anyway.