minus-squarePromKingJosh@tarte.nuage-libre.frtoPC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Inspired by the success of games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, French president Emmanuel Macron declares 'videogames are part of our culture' and announces a new international gaming festivallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoI think he wanted to legitimise video games as on par with traditional media like movies and books. As in “are video games art?” linkfedilink
minus-squarePromKingJosh@tarte.nuage-libre.frtoPC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Dev at id Software says Microsoft 'burned a lot of bridges' in the industry: 'They fundamentally don't understand art, they don't understand games'linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoEveryone should be able to talk about their current employer as openly as Hays here linkfedilink
I think he wanted to legitimise video games as on par with traditional media like movies and books. As in “are video games art?”