The Critic

Intrepid Homoludens · 02-02-2004, 01:33 PM

I think this may be the right forum to post, as the staff writers and some interested forum members would be interested.

Clement Greenburg (art critic), Dorothy Parker (literary critic and author), and
James Wagner Au (cultural and video game critic).

The Critic
Odyssey radio talk show

Quote:

Whether in music, books, or art [or computer games], we are inundated by the opinions of critics. The critic is always there to help us discern the good from the bad, but criticism takes many different forms, and who gets to be a critic has changed over time. What is the cultural role of the critic?

Guests:
Edward Rothstein — Critic-at-Large at the New York Times; author, Emblems of Mind: The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics
Morris Dickstein — Scholar of literature and film, City University of New York; author, Double Agent: The Critic and Society
Joan Rubin — Historian at the University of Rochester; author, The Making of Middlebrow Culture

No mention of computer games, but the ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and commercial values discussed apply just as well to the game critic. Awesome discussion, dimensioned with a brief history of the critic and criticism and their various types: academic, public, social, highbrow, middlebrow, interpretive, etc.

***tabacco*** · 02-02-2004, 01:39 PM

You forgot a picture...

Intrepid Homoludens · 02-02-2004, 01:41 PM

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***tabacco*** · 02-02-2004, 02:00 PM

'Offtopic' is my middle name

Intrepid Homoludens · 02-02-2004, 02:02 PM

Offtopic Tabacco........sounds like a brand of cigars. :eek: Are you a cigar critic?

Intrepid Homoludens · 02-12-2004, 09:29 PM

*bump*

Surely someone here cares enough about what makes a good [game] critic enough to listen to this exciting, glamourous, and family friendly discussion?

AGA · 02-13-2004, 03:07 AM

Maybe it's something to do with the fact that Real Audio is the tool of the Devil...

eriq · 02-13-2004, 05:33 AM

critic.

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***Marek*** · 02-13-2004, 06:02 AM

I'm definitely going to listen to this.
I've been frequenting a lot of "game journalism" sites that are trying to make it more professional and respectable. I might also go to the game journalism meeting at GDC, which is being moderated by the guy who runs Buzzcut.com

Ninja Dodo · 02-13-2004, 10:19 AM

Check this out: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

With it you can play 'real' files without Realplayer! ...which I agree is a truly evil program.

02-02-2004, 01:41 PM	#3
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	..... __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

02-02-2004, 02:02 PM	#5
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Offtopic Tabacco........sounds like a brand of cigars. :eek: Are you a cigar critic? __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

02-12-2004, 09:29 PM	#6
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	bump Surely someone here cares enough about what makes a good [game] critic enough to listen to this exciting, glamourous, and family friendly discussion? __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

02-13-2004, 03:07 AM	#7
AGA AdventureGameAficionado Last Online: 01-18-2010 06:42 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cardiff, Wales Posts: 1,968	Maybe it's something to do with the fact that Real Audio is the tool of the Devil... __________________ Berian Williams - [SIZE=1]Visit agagames.com for free adventure games!

02-13-2004, 05:33 AM	#8
eriq gaybrush threepwoody Last Online: 01-21-2012 03:12 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,567	critic. . __________________ eriqchangstudio.com Facebook Connect

02-02-2004, 01:39 PM	#2
*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	You forgot a picture...

02-02-2004, 02:00 PM	#4
*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	'Offtopic' is my middle name

02-13-2004, 06:02 AM	#9
*Marek* Puts the 'e' in Mark Last Online: Today 03:27 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,138	I'm definitely going to listen to this. I've been frequenting a lot of "game journalism" sites that are trying to make it more professional and respectable. I might also go to the game journalism meeting at GDC, which is being moderated by the guy who runs Buzzcut.com

02-13-2004, 10:19 AM	#10
Ninja Dodo Senior Member Last Online: 10-05-2022 07:25 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,459	Check this out: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm With it you can play 'real' files without Realplayer! ...which I agree is a truly evil program.